Professional Kinesiology Fieldwork I
Overview
- Occupational and workplace awareness
- Scope of practice
- Legal responsibilities
- Workplace culture – evidence-based practice and knowledge transfer
- Professional values and ethical considerations
- Code of conduct
- Job/career posting platforms
- Field-specific terminology
- Industry-specific governing bodies: licensing, certification, and continuing education
- Professionalism
- Networking
- Employability skills
- Interdisciplinary communication
- Professional interpersonal problem-solving skills
- Multidisciplinary healthcare teams
- Leadership in healthcare
- Client-centered care
- Importance of client’s lived experience
- Adult education
- Advocating for your client
- Interpersonal skills for rapport and buy-in
- Practitioner as a business
- Employee/sub-contractor/owner
- Scheduling, billing, book-keeping
- Business/practitioner insurance and legal implications
Discussions, lectures, practical application and experience, group work, field observations, guest speakers.
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½Evaluation 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 10-40%
Practical Simulation Assessment 10-40%
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;
- apply appropriate workplace attitudes and behaviours;
- effectively implement supervisory feedback;
- apply effective interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills;
- reflect on strengths and weaknesses of performance at the work site;
- use and apply concepts and theory from previous courses in a professional kinesiology setting;
- set goals for personal and professional development;
- identify client- and session- specific safety considerations;
- identify critical aspects of business to consider as a kinesiologist.
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
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Institution | Transfer details for SPSC 4301 |
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Acsenda School of Management (ASM) | ASM GEN 4XX (3) |
Camosun College (CAMO) | No credit |
Capilano University (CAPU) | DOUG SPSC 4301 (3) & DOUG SPSC 4302 (3) = CAPU KINE 396 (3) & CAPU KINE 397 (3) |
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) | DOUG SPSC 4301 (3) & DOUG SPSC 4302 (3) = TWU HKIN 450 (3) |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU HKIN 458A (1) |