In this practical assessment task you will further develop your skills in accordance with Exercise and Sports Science Australia's standards. These standards include, but are not limited to; Health Exercise and Sport Assessment, Health Exercise and Sport Psychology, Functional Movement Assessments, Motor Control and Learning, Exercise Physiology, and Biomechanics. This assessment task has a compulsory residential school, where you will be given the opportunity to further develop and be assessed on the skills that you have learnt throughout the Exercise and Sport Sciences Course. Prior to attending the residential school you will need to familiarise yourself with client screening, tests, and assessments (practical assessments). On the first day of the residential school you will be provided with multiple case studies that will form the basis of your assessment. You will then be required to select the most appropriate tests/assessments in relation to your case studies, as aligned to the five (5) components listed below. This is so that you can make best use of the designated practice times on the first day of the residential school. During the practical assessments (second day of residential school) you will conduct your chosen screening and/or tests/assessments, interpret data from the results, and answer questions regarding your test selection and performance. You will be provided with information regarding the available pre-screening tools, tests, assessments, and SOAP notes via the unit Moodle website and lectures. Following the completion of your practical assessments, you are required to create and submit handover notes associated with the outcomes of the practical assessment that you performed, following the SOAP notes format. All of these tasks are performed and assessed individually.

The practical assessments are aligned to ESSA Standards and as a result you will be assessed on the following five (5) components:

1. Health Assessment and Health Exercise and Sport Psychology: Undertaking a pre-screening with a client and questioning them about their goals and motivation to exercise. Pre-screening practical assessments may include taking blood pressure, height, weight, and capillary blood samples for the assessment and interpretation of blood glucose, or cholesterol, or other assessments as related to your case study.
2. Functional Movement Assessments: Perform a movement screen or functional test, for example a modified Thomas Test, overhead squat, Apley's scratch test, or other assessments as related to your case study.
3. Motor Control and Learning Assessments: These practical assessments may include balance tests (star excursion, balance error scoring system), multi-directional reach test, and postural stability, or other as related to your case study.
4. Exercise Physiology and Exercise and Sport Assessments: These practical assessments may include performing a maximal or sub-maximal graded exercise test and taking and analysing capillary blood samples, performing tests for speed agility and/or power, setting up and calibrating a metabolic cart and/or a 12 lead ECG, or other assessments as related to your case study.
5. Biomechanics Assessments: These practical assessments may include recording and analysing an exercise or movement using an app on a mobile device (e.g. iPad or tablet) or computer, electronic timing lights, or a force plate and assessing measures such as joint angles, ground contact time, flight time, jump height, force, and/or velocity, or other assessments as related to your case study

Handover SOAP notes: In addition to the five (5) practical assessments, you are also required to write a brief summary in the form of SOAP notes for each of the above five (5) practical assessment components. You are required to submit five (5) separate SOAP notes. See below for Handover SOAP note due dates, as these differ depending on residential school attendance location.  

Residential school dates and times are available via the CQU Handbook Timetable and as listed above in the Term Specific Information section. Further information relating to this assessment task, including a residential school schedule, is available on the unit Moodle website.

This assessment item is pass/fail and you must achieve a 70% or greater mark to pass this assessment item, with each of the five (5) individual components below having a specific weighting to your overall mark.

1. Health Assessment, and Health Exercise and Sport Psychology and associated SOAP notes (20 marks)
2. Functional Movement Assessments and associated SOAP notes (20 marks)
3. Motor Control and Learning Assessments and associated SOAP notes (20 marks)
4. Exercise Physiology and Exercise and Sport Assessments and associated SOAP notes (20 marks)
5. Biomechanics Assessments and associated SOAP notes(20 marks)

Your practical assessments (components 1-5) will be marked according to the criteria below:

• Selection of appropriate practical assessment(s) for the person described in the case study
• Justification and reasoning for the practical assessment(s)
• Correct setup of practical assessment(s)
• Communication and professionalism
• Correct performance of the practical assessment(s)
• Considerations for safety and risk
• Ability to reflect on practical assessment(s), performance, and outcomes

Specific requirements for each of the five (5) components as well as the SOAP notes marking rubrics will be made available via the unit Moodle website prior to attending the residential school.

Practical assessments (components 1-5)
Each practical component (1-5) has a list of "automatic fails" related to client and practitioner (your) safety. In the event an "automatic fail" occurs, you will automatically fail that practical component. There will be one (1) opportunity to re-attempt the failed component on the final day of the residential school. In the event you that you fail a practical component by receiving a score of less than seven out of ten (<7/10), there will be one (1) opportunity to re-attempt that component on the final day of the residential school. The maximum mark you can receive for the re-attempt of a practical component is seven (7) marks. In the event that you fail the re-attempt you will fail this assessment item and may not be able to pass this unit.

Handover SOAP notes
The SOAP notes are a written task and must be submitted by the due date and in line with the Submission Instructions. SOAP notes must be submitted for each of the five practical assessments that you were assessed on during the residential school and are marked out of 10.

This is a Pass/Fail assessment item, in order to pass this assessment item you must achieve 70% or greater for each of the five (5) components as listed above. Your score for each assessment is a combination of your practical assessment (10 marks) and your SOAP notes for that assessment (10 marks), with 20 marks in total being allocated to each item. Detailed marking rubrics are available on the unit Moodle website.

In this assessment task you are required to write about a "critical incident" (positive or negative) that occurred during your placement. A 'critical incident' does not need to be a dramatic event; rather, an event that is of significance to you. This could include the following situations:

• When you felt you had done something well…
• When you made the wrong decision…
• When something went better than expected…
• When you lacked confidence…

In order to protect the confidentiality of clients, students or staff at your placement, you should not disclose any personal information that can identify individuals in your reflections, for example name(s) of the client, students, staff, or the organisation. Most importantly, you need to be genuine and honest in your reflections. This assessment item will require you to reflect on the incident in a way that contributes to your personal and professional growth and development. This assessment task should be submitted in the provided Word document template, which is available on the unit Moodle website.

Your Critical Incident Reflection will consist of answering six (6) questions that relate to the critical incident that you have identified, and will be marked out of 60:

• What happened, where, and when? Give a brief history of the incident (5 marks)
• What is it that made the incident ‘critical’? (5 marks)
• What were your immediate thoughts and responses? (5 marks)
• What are your thoughts now? What has changed/developed your thinking? (15 marks)
• What have you learned about (your) practice from this? (15 marks)
• How might your practice change and develop as a result of this analysis and learning? (10 marks)
• Format, spelling, grammar, and APA referencing (5 marks)

This is a Pass/Fail assessment item, in order to pass this assessment item you must achieve 50% or greater from the total marks available. A detailed marking rubric is available on the unit Moodle website.

To complete this unit you will be required to undertake 100-hours of ESSA approved placement. During your placement, you will be evaluated by your site supervisor at the end of 50 hours and the end of 100 hours of placement. The Professional Practice Evaluation assessment item comprises an assessment tool that your site supervisor will complete regarding your performance and capabilities while on placement. You are required to submit two Professional Placement Evaluations. A Professional Practice Evaluation is required to be completed for each of the two 50 hour Log Books that you submit.

• Professional Practice Evaluation 1 is due Week 8 Friday (8 September 2023) 5:00pm AEST. (Completed after 50 hours)
• Professional Practice Evaluation 2 is due Week 12 Friday (6 October 2023) 5:00pm AEST. (Completed after 100 hours)

It is expected that you and your site supervisor complete the Professional Practice Evaluations together. This should be viewed as an open process designed to enhance your placement experience and exercise prescription skills and capabilities.

The Professional Practice Evaluation comprises an assessment tool that your site supervisor will complete regarding your performance and capabilities while on placement.
The evaluation tool is made up of two sections, Professional Practice Competencies, and Exercise Scientist Competencies.

Professional Practice Competencies

• Professional behaviour and demeanor
• Communication with clients
• Communication and teamwork with colleagues
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Self-improvement and development
• Exercise Scientist Competencies

Client assessment

• Interpretation of findings
• Development of exercise plan(s)
• Implementation of exercise plan(s)
• Evaluation of exercise plan(s)

Professional Practice Evaluation 1 is a formative assessment and the outcomes of this assessment are used to help identify areas that you are doing well in, and areas that are in need of improvement.
Professional Practice Evaluation 2 is a summative assessment and you must attain the minimum pass mark to pass this assessment item. A detailed marking rubric is available on the ESSC13009 Moodle site.

In this assessment task, you will undertake a 100-hour Professional Practice Placement complying with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) guidelines. This placement is a Pass/Fail assessment task.

You are required to submit 1 (one) Record of Student Engagement. You must complete the template available on the ESSC13009 Moodle site. The Record of Student Engagement must be signed by your placement supervisor. An example of the level of detail required for the Record of Student Engagement is available on the ESSC13009 Moodle site.

In the absence of an approved extension, any submissions received after the due date will not be graded and you will not be able to pass this unit.

Further detail regarding placement and this assessment task is available on the ESSC13009 Moodle site.

The Record of Student Engagement is graded as Pass/Fail. Sufficient detail is required in regard to the client description and description of services, as well as the adequacy of the placement hours. In the event of completing placement across multiple sites, the Record of Student Engagement must be completed for each site.

Your Record of Student Engagement will be marked according to the following criteria to comply with guidelines stipulated by ESSA:

Sufficient detail of dates, hours, client(s) description (anonymised), description of services, supervisor's name, and supervisor's signature

A breakdown of hours for "Exercise Assessment, Prescription, and Delivery" (Category 1) and "Sport Science Other" (Category 2) tasks is included, using the descriptors provided on the ESSC13009 Moodle site.

Typed and uploaded as a .pdf, .doc, or .docx file

An example of the level of detail required for the Record of Student Engagement is available on the ESSC13008 Moodle site.

Records of Student Engagement that do not contain sufficient detail, are not signed by the placement supervisor, or are not clearly typed, will be returned for corrections. You will not be able to pass this assessment item, or this unit unless the Record of Student Engagement meets the requirements described above, which are in accordance with ESSA standards. If a Record of Student Engagement is returned for corrections you will be given one (1) opportunity to resubmit that Record of Student Engagement.