Professional Kinesiology Fieldwork II
Overview
- Occupational and workplace awareness
- Workplace culture – evidence-based practice and knowledge transfer
- Workplace policies
- Code of conduct
- Job/career postings
- Continuing education opportunities
- Professionalism
- Networking
- Workplace policies and procedures
- Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
- Practitioner practices
- Evidence-based practice to solve clinical problems
- Within session adaptive/modification practice
- Reflective practice
- Mentorship
- Interdisciplinary networking
- Charting/SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan)
- Outcome measures and assessments for insurers
- Legal responsibilities
- Practitioner as a businesses
- Marketing/branding
- Building and maintaining a client base
- Research application
- Validity of peer-reviewed research
- Experimental designs
- Generalizability and applicability to clinical settings
- Client-centered care
- Habit building
- Motivation
Discussions, lectures, practical application and experience, group work, field observations, guest speakers.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy. The instructor will provide a written outline with the specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. An example of the evaluation includes:
Fieldwork Evaluation 40%
Reflection Assignments 10-30%
Practical Simulation Assessment 10-30%
Evidence-Based Practice Case Study 10%
Final Exam 10-15%
Total: 100%
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- apply evidence-informed knowledge to assist in providing safe, competent, and client-centered kinesiology-based assessments and treatment;
- appraise the validity and applicability of peer-reviewed research;
- apply a clinical scientist’s approach to clients' sessions and tracking client progress;
- apply adaptive practice to a clinical scenario;
- appraise clinical outcomes of interventions;
- apply appropriate workplace attitudes and behaviours;
- apply effective interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills;
- effectively implement supervisory feedback;
- apply reflective practices to the development of practical skills, clinical knowledge, and self-awareness as a practitioner.
Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for SPSC 4302 |
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Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | ASM GEN 4XX (3) |
Camosun College (CAMO) | No credit |
College of New Caledonia (CNC) | CNC KINS 291 (0) |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU PHED 4XXX (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU HKIN 458A (1) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | DOUG SPSC 4301 (3) & DOUG SPSC 4302 (3) = TWU HKIN 450 (3) |