Physical exercise prescription for special populations: experiences in a special topic online course for stricto sensu graduate program

• Autor(a) principal: Queiroga, Marcos Roberto
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Sandra Aires, Vieira, Edgar Ramos, da Silva, Danilo Fernandes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/28193
• topic: Exercício físico; Terapia por Exercício; Educação de Pós-Graduação; Exercise; Exercise Therapy; Education; Graduate

OBJECTIVE: Contextualize and report experiences with the course “Physical exercise prescription for special populations”, delivered online to students of a stricto sensu graduate program.METHODS: The 60-hour course (4 credits) had 18 Physical Education (PE) and one Physiotherapy professionals. Six live online modules were performed for 3 hours each (immersion) with the remaining time distributed in dispersion activities (i.e., searches, readings, reports). During the teaching-learning process, approximately 10 articles were requested to be read, two assays and a final product to be produced, which should be disseminated through a knowledge translation action (social networks, UBS, academia). The program of the discipline was based on the sub-topics: 1) contextualization of special populations and the role of the PE professional; 2) training to work with special populations; 3) evidence-based physical activity; 4) exercise is medicine; 5) components for exercise prescription and; 6) connection science and practice through knowledge translation/implementation science.RESULTS: The contextualization of special populations, the education and training of PE professionals within the scope of exercise prescription for special populations with a focus on an action of knowledge translation allowed the elaboration and dissemination of physical exercise recommendations on social networks, gyms and UBS. This process provided students with active learning and experimentation on how the results of a graduate course can be immediately converted into information for society, whether for the general population or for academic training to work with special populations.CONCLUSION: It is expected that this report will provide a continued discussion about the role of PE professionals in the field of physical exercise prescription for special populations and improve science application in professional practice.