Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2020-21

Anatomy involves the study of structures that can be seen macroscopically (without the aid of magnification techniques) and microscopically (with the aid of such techniques). Microscopic anatomy is also called Histology because it uses a microscope to study tissues and their cells, the basic components of the body's organs. Anatomy is the basis of the practice of medicine and, by extension, of many other disciplines, whether they belong to the health branch or health sciences, or to other branches of knowledge that need an anatomical basis for understanding the constitution of the human being. It is essential to have a deep anatomical understanding to identify and interpret situations of pathology and disease of the human body or any of its organic systems, such as the locomotive system, for example. Observation and visualization are the primary techniques that the student should use to learn Anatomy since they are the basis for a good physical exploration directly or with the help of more modern imaging techniques.

Professionals involved in physical activity and sport must be trained to ensure that they can practise without risk to the health and safety of sportsmen and women. This training at the highest level can be found in the professional skills provided by the Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from the University of Alicante, in its teaching centre in the Faculty of Education.

The subject of ANATOMY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE (APAE) contributes to this basic training in anatomical foundations, and in applied knowledge to exercise with the professional profiles of:

Sports training: Teaching, training, physical preparation of athletes and teams, as well as other professional services related to the practice of different sports specialities, at all levels.

Physical activity and health: Physical activity and sport in order to prevent, promote, maintain, recover or re-educate health.

The APAE, of 6 ECTS credits equivalent to 150 hours of classroom and non-classroom work by the student, is taught in the first semester of the first year of the degree. It is closely related to other subjects that make up the basic subject of Biology, which are taught in the second semester of the first course (Basic Physiology and Movement Kinesiology) and in the first semester of the second course (Physiology of Exercise). All of them require previous anatomical knowledge about the general organization of the human body, and the locomotive system in particular, in order to deepen in their respective fields. Reciprocally, the understanding of the APEA needs to advance basic concepts of these subjects that will be developed in due course.

Due to its basic character, the APAE is also related to other basic and compulsory subjects of the curriculum, whose temporal sequence must have an important coordination and coherence between them, especially to guarantee the acquisition of the professional competences of the Sports Training and Physical Activity and Health profiles.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1.2 : Capacity to manage information and knowledge in new and complex situations, solve problems and take decisions to develop instrumental content and procedures for the subjects in the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree course.
  • CG2.2 : Use and integration of computing as applied to the subjects studied in the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree course.
  • CG4.1 : Ability for interpersonal, and effective relationships and emotional control during teamwork and the development of leadership when carrying out learning activities and tasks in the subjects on the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree course.
  • CG4.2 : Development of responsibility and the capacity for initiative, entrepreneurial spirit and originality in the instrumental learning of the subjects on the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree course.
  • CG5.1 : Commitment to the values of equality with regard to questions of gender, diversity and democracy when practising physical activity and sport.
  • CG5.2 : Commitment to ethical values in sporting competition.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE12 : Ability to identify the risks to health from practising incorrect physical activities and prescribe health-oriented physical exercises.
  • CE3 : Capacity for managing and applying knowledge of the physiological and biomechanical factors that condition the practice of Physical Activity and Sport.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2020-21

  1. Acquire basic anatomical terminology in Spanish and basic scientific English.
  2. Understand the levels of organization of the human being within the biological context and the structures that form the human body.
  3. Acquire basic concepts about general and specific human embryology of the main organic systems.
  4. To know the organic systems that constitute the human body, the morphology of its organs and its general functions.
  5. Know the anatomical bases of the structures involved in the motor function of the locomotive system and other organic systems.
  6. To understand the participation of the joints, bones and muscles in the development of the movement.
  7. Acquire the neuroanatomical fundaments that contribute to the functional anatomy of the groups and muscular systems.
  8. To know the anatomical bases and the structures involved in the functioning of the central and peripheral nervous system, as well as some of the alterations that cause motor disorders.

 

 

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General

Code: 16512
Lecturer responsible:
AUSO MONREAL, EVA
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: OPTICS, PHARMACOLOGY AND ANATOMY
    Area: HUMAN ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught