Assessing and developing health fitnessLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You are able to define the concept of health fitness and know how it is assessed and tested.
You can plan situations for assessing and testing clients' health fitness by paying attention to ethical and confidentiality factors.
You are able to plan evidence-based physical exercises to develop health fitness.

Content

How are health fitness and its different components defined?
How is health fitness assessed and tested?
How do you choose customised tests for measuring clients' health fitness?
How do you assess individuals' health fitness reliably and in a repeat manner?
What responsibilities and ethical principles relate to testing?
How is health fitness (endurance, strength, motor control and mobility) developed through physical exercise?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional terminology systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Materials

Body structure and functions 5 ECTS credits
Physiology of physical exercise and load 5 ECTS credits
Professional English 5 ECTS credits
School environment training II: Testing health fitness 10 ECTS credits