SE755-7-SP-CO:
Promoting Health and Activity
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
09 August 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC B16024 Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)
This module sets out to explore the expanding role of physiotherapy in the wider context, by promoting healthy choices and activity throughout the lifespan (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, end of life). Students will explore the links between lifestyle choices and the effects on well-being, and learn to promote the use of activity and healthy behaviours to improve the physical, mental and social health of individuals, families, communities and societies.
The aims of this module are:
- To explore the expanding role of physiotherapy in the wider context, by promoting healthy choices and activity throughout the lifespan (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, end of life).
- To analyse the links between lifestyle choices and the effects on well-being.
- To learn to promote the use of activity and healthy behaviours to improve the physical, mental and social health of individuals, families, communities and societies.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Critically evaluate the wider role and responsibilities of physiotherapists in health promotion.
- Critically discuss the various influences on healthy behaviours for individuals and communities.
- Critically analyse the opportunities for health promotion with individuals and communities.
- Identify appropriate health promotion strategies to a defined community and communicate clearly, in a well-structured manner, to convey complex information and ideas, adapting the message to the requirements and level of the target audience.
Indicative Content
- Understanding the role of physiotherapists towards public health challenges.
- Mental and physical health (social, community, families, cultures, belonging, psychology) Maslow's Hierarchy.
- Promoting health across the lifespan and health and illness spectrum (eg. pregnancy, dementia, ageing healthily, smoking cessation, weight loss management, sleep hygiene, occupational health, footwear etc).
- Healthy working populations.
- Health coaching and educational skills.
- Service user needs and expectations -neighbourhoods and communities.
- Exercise for people who are well and unwell.
A mixture of lectures, seminars, and independent learning will used to deliver this module. For specific information, please see the module timetable and module guide.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Group Resource |
17/03/2025 |
25% |
| Practical |
Presentation |
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75% |
| Practical |
Placement 2 |
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Additional coursework information
Formative assessment - 500 word plan for health promotion resource.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr James Roberts, email: j.roberts@essex.ac.uk.
SRES Office, email: sres (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Mrs Madeleine Nicholson
Wrexham Glyndwr University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 53 hours, 21 (39.6%) hours available to students:
18 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
14 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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