Lippincott Williams and Wilking (2013) American college of Sports Medicine. ACSM¿s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Baltimore
Department of Health (2011) Start Active, Stay Active; A report on physical activity for health from the four home countries. Chief Medical Officers.
Ehrman and Gordon et al (2009) Clinical Exercise Physiology, Second Ed. Human Kinetics
Woolf-May, K. (2006) Exercise Prescription. Physiological Foundations. Philadelphia, Churchill Livingstone.

Journals
Dugdill, Lindsey, Graham, Rebecca C.; McNair, Fiona. Ergonomics (2005) Exercise referral: The public health panacea for physical activity promotion? A critical perspective of exercise referral schemes; their development and evaluation.
Wormald, Helen; Ingle, Lee. Health Education Journal (2004) GP exercise referral schemes: improving the patient's experience.

- Moodle VLE
- Classroom with SMARTboard and projector
- Access to gym with adequate and appropriate equipment
- Appropriately and adequately stocked library
- Access to identified web based resources in support of educational blogs and video logs

Students will participate in a combination of lectures, practical application workshops and independent learning activities designed and delivered through the VLE, and tutor input.
Taught sessions: 50 hours

Independent study: 100 hours
35 hours background reading of textbooks and journals
25 hours of independent online research material
40 Preparing presentation and writing assignment

- Current health care system in the UK and the referral process, including referrals to other professionals.
- Bodies such as NHS, PCT and GP referral involved with the promotion of active living and safe exercise.
- Pathology of a range of common medical conditions and diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.
- Analyse how the effects of physical activity and exercise impact on common medical conditions and diseases.
- Apply appropriate physical activity, exercise and nutritional strategies according to medical conditions and diseases.
- Be able to apply exercise and nutritional prescription for a referred client showing accurate and relevant knowledge

A range of formative and summative assessment methods will be used which are appropriate to the teaching and learning delivery method, mode of attendance and proposed weighting criteria used for this module.
A contextualised and approved assessment strategy and schedule will be published to students.
Summative assessment
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.
1. Prepare and present a 15 minute presentation to assess LO1 and LO2 which is worth 60% of the overall module mark.
2. The completion of a case study project which will be practically delivered over a 6 week period and require the application of theory to practice. Worth 40% of the overall module mark to assess LO3.
A number of formative assessments will take place over the course of the module; this will include question and answer, group discussion and a module forum.
Formative feedback will be provided in a variety of forms, including verbal written feedback on the development of ideas for the case study and presentation, and feedback on class activities.