Physical Activity Counselling to an Active Lifestyle (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

Opintojakso sisältää neljä eri osa-aluetta. Opintojakson kolme ensimäistä osa-aluetta tulee tehdä ennen käytännön tehtävää. Mooc tehtävän voi ajoittaa itselleen sopivaan ajankohtaan, kuitenkin ennen käytännön tehtävää.
Webinaarit sijoittuvat tasaisesti koko opintojakson ajalle.

Objective

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to examine physical activity counselling as a health promotion service and to understand its significance and impact in different working and operating environments. The course will also help you understand factors that affect motivation in physical activity.

Course competences:

Professional interaction
Professional and interprofessional action

Intended learning outcome of the course:

You are able to establish a reciprocal and listening interactive relationship while taking the client's needs into account, both face-to-face and in distance work. You know how to deliver individual physical activity counselling, accounting for factors that affect behavioural changes. You know how to work in a person centred manner and promote the health and well-being of individuals and groups, stressing the importance of physical activity and exercise. You can use your professional core competence and guide the client in the service chain of physical activity counselling and, if necessary, direct the client to another suitable professional.

Content

Promoting physical activity and providing physical activity counselling as part of comprehensive lifestyle counselling.
A high-quality process and evaluation of physical activity counselling.
Service chains of physical activity counselling and a multiprofessional work approach.
National recommendations and other guidelines for physical activity counselling.
Motivational factors that affect physical activity.
Physical activity counselling and motivation in physical activity in different operating environments and for different age and target groups.
Supporting motivation and behavioural change.

Location and time

Katso koodilla FT00CJ92-3001 opintojakson webinaarien aikataulut osoitteesta https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi.

Materials

Liikkuva aikuinen - Liikuntaneuvonta.fi

Teaching methods

The course includes interactive webinars, webinar intermediate assignments to be completed individually and in pairs, independent study of theory based on the course materials, and a practical exercise counseling assignment for a real client. In addition, part of the course is completed as a MOOC implementation.

You prepare for the webinars by studying the course materials and completing the webinar intermediate assignments. In the webinars and intermediate assignments, you learn to identify the service paths of exercise counseling and multidisciplinary exercise counseling as part of the process and evaluation of high-quality exercise counseling, and you deepen your own professional core competence. In addition, you learn about the methods and metrics of exercise counseling.

In the practical exercise counseling assignment, you practice meeting a client and motivating them to exercise, and you utilize the information you have gained in the previous sections of the course from the perspective of your own professional field. You complete the practical assignment individually or in pairs.

In the MOOC implementation, you will familiarize yourself with national recommendations and other guidelines for physical activity counseling.

Exam schedules

Tehtävät ja niiden palautuspäivät on kuvattu opintojakson työtilassa Moodlessa
Mooc tentti ajankohta ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa.

Student workload

Webinaarit 32 t
Materiaaleihin perehtyminen ja oppimistehtävät 64 t
Käytännön liikuntaneuvonta tehtävä 34t
Arviointi ja palautteet 5 t

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You can to deliver individual physical activity counselling that takes the client into consideration, accounting for factors that affect behavioural changes. You know how to work in a person centred manner and promote the health and well-being of individuals and groups, stressing the importance of physical activity and exercise. You can use your professional core competence and guide the client in the service chain of physical activity counselling and, if necessary, direct the client to another suitable professional.

Further information

Opintojaksolla hyödynnetään itse, vertais- sekä kokoavaa arviointia.