Online Course
Acute Responses to Exercise
Learn about the body’s immediate reaction to exercise

2-2.5 hours

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James Laskin
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Dr. James Laskin has extensive experience as a researcher and clinician

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Introduction

During exercise, various physiological responses occur to meet the body's increased energy demands. Acute responses are the immediate short-term responses that last for the duration of the exercise or activity. This course focuses on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems and their roles in supplying the human body with enough oxygen and energy to meet the demands of specific actions.

Aims

This course aims to review the acute physiological responses that occur in response to exercise.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Videos
  2. Reading activity
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 2-2.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 2.1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • explain key acute cardiovascular responses to exercise
  • identify acute cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular responses to exercise in case-based scenarios

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews
The course covers how our cardiorespiratory and muscular systems respond to exercises. It is presented in an easily understandable way and keeps you hooked to know more about the subject. It also includes examples of how these physiological responses play a role in our healthcare profession.
Haekal Ariq
Doctor of Medicine
Indonesia