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CAHNR Workshop 2019 Entrepreneurship in Teaching. & UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, FAHA Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology Linda.Pescatello@Uconn.Edu. 2013. Is the industry gold standard Best-selling ACSM text
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CAHNR Workshop 2019Entrepreneurship in Teaching & UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Linda S. Pescatello, PhD, FACSM, FAHA Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology Linda.Pescatello@Uconn.Edu
Is the industry gold standard Best-selling ACSM text ACSM’s GETP 9 is the best selling GETP of all time Primary markets are educational settings, exercise professionals, and ACSM certification candidates Translated into Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish Cited 16,508x in Google Scholar (as of 01/12/2019) 2013
Other Reasons for My Idea • I was teaching a traditional bricks and mortar graduate course, KINS 5507 Special Considerations in Exercise Prescription • Online learning is the wave of the future that would be particularly attractive to graduate students • Health care and exercise professionals would be attracted to an online version because they would have the opportunity to learn from the best from where ever they are
An examination and application of the principles of ExRx via a case study approach • Benefits and risks of using exercise as medicine • The ACSM exercise preparticipation health screening recommendations • The components of the pre-exercise evaluation • Ex Rx for apparently healthy adults • Ex Rx for cardiovascular disease risk factors • Common medications that affect the exercise response • Behavioral strategies to improve exercise adherence The UConn Online Graduate ExRx Certificate Program Three (3), three (3) Credit Graduate CoursesKINS 5507 Prereq for the Other Two Courses
An in-depth examination and application of the principles of ExRx among people living with chronic diseases and health conditions • A kick off case study as a review of KINS 5507 with KINS 5507 module content posted on the home page • ExRx for people with cancer and obesity, and cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, neuromuscular, and musculoskeletal diseases and conditions across the lifespan • Weight stigma in healthcare • Principles of conducting a systematic umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
An in-depth examination and application of ExRx among healthy populations with special considerations, and the unique circumstances under which people exercise related to both athletic and clinical populations • A kick off case study as a review of KINS 5507 and 5508 with KINS 5507 and 5508 module content posted on the home page • The exercise paradox • Resistance training for health and performance • Children and adolescents • Older adults • Sports nutrition • Wearable technology • Fundamentals of preparing and delivering online education presentations
An examination and application of the basic principles of ExRx via a case study approach • Benefits and risks of using exercise as medicine • The principles of exercise preparticipation health screening • The components of the pre-exercise evaluation • ExRx for apparently healthy adults • ExRx for cardiovascular disease risk factors • Common medications that affect the exercise response Undergraduate Blended Course Design1 Day per Week Online 1 Day per Week In Class Offered in the Fall of 2018
Dissemination of Teaching & Research to the Scientific Community • Student authored referred publications in journals such as J Am Geriatric Soc, J Hypertens, MSSE, Mayo Clinic Proc, and Obesity Rev • Student abstract presentations and publications at regional and national American College of Sports Medicine and American Geriatric Society meetings • Development and validation of a clinical support decision system for ExRx for adults with multiple chronic diseases • Procurement of funding for graduate assistantships and postdoctoral fellowships