306926 (v.1) Pulmonary Rehabilitation 651

Area:

School of Physiotherapy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Individual Study:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Exercise testing, laboratory-based and field walking tests. Patient assessment using quality of life questionnaires. Exercise prescription, adherence and maintenance. Selection of evidence-based outcome measures. Effect of depression and medications on exercise tolerance. Economic evaluation of pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Marketing pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Bladder and bowel dysfunction in people with lung disease.

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Field of Education:

061701 Physiotherapy

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1					Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External