A university-based clinical exercise facility that serves as a clinical, teaching and research space Selig, S., Saunders, N., Mundell, N., Conway, L., Wallis, A., Gardner, J. and Fraser, S. 2014, A university-based clinical exercise facility that serves as a clinical, teaching and research space. In Edwards, Andrew and Leicht, Anthony (ed), Science of sport, exercise & physical activity in the tropics, Nova Science Publishers, New York, N.Y., pp.163-172. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A university-based clinical exercise facility that serves as a clinical, teaching and research space Author(s) Selig, S. Saunders, N. Mundell, N. Conway, L. Wallis, A. Gardner, J. Fraser, S. Title of book Science of sport, exercise & physical activity in the tropics Editor(s) Edwards, Andrew Leicht, Anthony Publication date 2014 Chapter number 17 Total chapters 17 Start page 163 End page 172 Total pages 10 Publisher Nova Science Publishers Place of Publication New York, N.Y. Summary Deakin University opened its Clinical Exercise Learning Centre (CELC) in May 2011, initially staffed by four (now seven) Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEP), and funded by the university. The main objectives of CELC are to provide (i) excellent clinical practicum learning opportunities for postgraduate students enrolled in the Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology that prepare students for subsequent external placements; (ii) learning opportunities that are vertically integrated with the preparatory components of the Masters, including pathophysiology units and pre-clinical units; (iii) learning opportunities that are also integrated with the external clinical practicum program that is embedded in the Masters; (iv) a clinical service to the community and strong referral networks with local GPs; (v) a research centre that is focussed on evaluating the efficacy of Accredited Exercise Physiology (AEP) services for a range of clinical situations, with a view to contributing to a future national evidence-based practice network supported by ESSA. Deakin University funds the CELC facility, equipment, consumables, limited car parking, practice management software and server and, most importantly, the staff. Therefore CELC runs at a loss even against fees charged and this was built into the original model. Staff include an AEP clinical practicum coordinator, two casual AEPs and several academic AEPs; the latter practise as a small part of their approved workloads. The practice model is for all AEPs to provide clinical services with referred clients who are billed as if CELC is a private practice, whilst concurrently teaching and mentoring students; the latter are expected to be active learners in CELC and have exposure to a wide range of pathologies and clinical situations. Billable hours are always provided by AEPs, not students, but students can assist. CELC provides clinical services 1:1:1 (client: AEP: student), 1:1:5 and 8:1:5. CELC was awarded national runner-up in the ESSA Exercise Physiology clinic of the year in 2011 and has grown its caseload to > 200 referrers in 2013. CELC recently designed a generic research platform and has begun to roll out research projects that are designed to translate 'traditional' research-based evidence of exercise benefits for chronic disease in order to evaluate AEP efficacy of practice in the Australian context. CELC provides a model for other universities, provided those universities see it for its learning value, and not to generate revenue or profit. ISBN 9781631177378 Language eng Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies HERDC Research category BN Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin Copyright notice ©2014, Nova Science Publishers Free to Read? No Free to Read Start Date 2018-01-01 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30080464 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 06 Jan 2016, 11:07:16 EST Thu, 07 Jan 2016, 04:01:52 EST Mon, 18 Jan 2016, 07:30:57 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2016, 12:58:27 EST Tue, 09 Feb 2016, 14:52:46 EST Tue, 09 Feb 2016, 14:56:23 EST Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 08:26:43 EST Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 12:56:41 EST Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 12:59:30 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 11:00:09 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 13:10:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 30 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 06 Jan 2016, 11:07:16 EST

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