Knowledge about exercise physiology is getting more and more important in clinical practice. Exercise tests are often used to diagnose patients and regular exercise has been proven to be vital in primary/secondary prevention and treatment of several diseases. In the Biomedical Sciences and Medicine curriculum there is limited attention for the physiological changes that occur in response to acute and chronic exercise. The relevance of this knowledge for medical sciences is only minimally addressed as well.
Therefore, the purpose of this minor is to focus on clinical exercise physiology by offering a 20 week program developed to gain all knowledge needed to apply the principles of exercise physiology in (medical) practice and in a scientific context.
The first part of the minor (week 1 - 10) starts with a recap of the general physiology followed by in-depth discussion of the respiratory, circulatory and muscular systems, which are the primary organ systems in exercise physiology. For each system you will learn the physiology at rest, in response to acute exercise, and of adaptations following long-term exercise exposure. The lectures, working groups and practical work meetings will be based on a combination of patient cases and observations in athletes.
The second part of the minor (week 11 – 20) will focus on practical application of your exercise physiology knowledge. For example, you will learn to perform and interpret a maximal exercise tests and use the outcomes of the test to diagnose abnormalities in patients. You will also learn the principles of training physiology and apply this knowledge by developing a training program for an athlete or patient. Finally, you will visit the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs and National Sports Centre Papendal to observe how scientific knowledge is implemented in (clinical) practice.
The minor is highly recommended for biomedical sciences students with interest in the field of human movement sciences, or medical students interested in physiology and in specializations using the clinical application of exercise testing (i.e. cardiology, lung disease, (neuro)muscular disorders, etc).
Digital information session Clinical Exercise Physiology
When: June 2nd 2020, 12.00 - 13.00
Where:
https://ysu-eu.youseeu.com/sync-activity/invite/144518/228122611d5144f84a07ebb4ace58121?lti-scope=d2l-resource-syncmeeting-list