Dec 23, 2025  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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EXPH 6190 - Patient-Centered Practice in Clinical Exercise Physiology


This course expands on students practical knowledge and applied skills in performing client assessments and exercise prescriptions in clinical populations, emphasizing those with co-morbidities. The course emphasizes a case-study approach, introducing students to motivational interviewing skills including physical activity counseling, goal setting, and patient education.

Requisites: EXPH 6180 and 6920 concurrent
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Create long-term and short-term (process) goals for clinical population case studies which envelop the client’s needs and personal goals for their health.
  • Develop motivational interview questions and techniques for clinical population case studies.
  • Distinguish the importance level of each clinical condition and develop an exercise prescription for case studies utilizing the knowledge of these comorbidities, as well as the goals.
  • Explain the roles of the healthcare team, including the role of the exercise physiologist for patients typically seen by an exercise physiologist.



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