Health and Movement Science Q&A by dot point

Investigate the impact of an ageing population on Australia's health, including the demographic shift, healthy ageing, and the opportunities and challenges it presents for individuals, communities and the health-care system

Examine the structure, funding and roles of Australia's health care system, including Medicare, the PBS, public and private hospitals, primary care, allied health, and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

Evaluate complementary and alternative healthcare approaches as products and services - their roles in prevention, treatment and as a supplement to conventional care - and the evidence a critical consumer should weigh

Evaluate the importance of being a critical health consumer, including whom to believe, what to know, and how to assess the accuracy and credibility of health information, products and services (including online and social-media health claims)

Analyse the determinants of health (individual, sociocultural, socioeconomic, environmental) and how they interact to create health inequities in the Australian population

Assess equity of access to health care in Australia, including barriers faced by priority populations and the strategies designed to overcome them

Analyse health expenditure and its impact on the health of current and future populations, including the balance between treatment and prevention, and the sustainability, access and equity of funding arrangements

Analyse health inequalities between population groups in Australia and explain why specific groups are designated priority populations

Explain health promotion using the Ottawa Charter, distinguish primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, and analyse the role of advocacy in shaping Australian health outcomes

Investigate the health status of Australians using measures such as life expectancy, mortality, morbidity, burden of disease, incidence and prevalence, and compare to global indicators

Compare the health status of Australians with that of selected OECD countries using indicators such as life expectancy, mortality, overweight and obesity, and health expenditure, and explain the reasons for the differences

Examine how government and non-government organisations share responsibility and collaborate to provide person-centred health care, including the roles of the federal, state/territory and local governments, and the private and not-for-profit sectors

Investigate priority health conditions in Australia (including cardiovascular disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes) in terms of mortality and morbidity, prevalence and incidence, risk and protective factors, and the population groups and places in which these conditions are changing

Explain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relevant to health and apply them to a current global health issue and Australia's role

Investigate how technology, digital health and big data influence health outcomes, access and equity in Australia

Examine biomechanical principles (motion, balance and stability, force, levers, projectile motion, fluid mechanics) and apply them to improving sporting technique

Design a training session, justifying the structure (warm-up, conditioning/skill phase, cool-down), the work-to-rest and intensity decisions, and the safety and monitoring strategies used

Investigate performance-enhancing drugs and doping in sport, including the main drug classes and their effects, the risks to athlete health and to the integrity of sport, detection and testing, the anti-doping regulatory framework (WADA, Sport Integrity Australia, the Prohibited List, sanctions) and the ethics of doping

Analyse the three energy systems (ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic) and the training types that target each, with reference to specific sporting contexts

Apply a needs analysis, the FITT principle and the principles of training to design, sequence, progress and evaluate a training program for a specific athlete and goal

Select and justify valid, reliable fitness and performance tests for the components of fitness, and use the results to set baselines and prescribe training

Investigate sports injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-play decisions, including risk factors, evidence-based warm-up protocols, rehabilitation phases, return-to-play criteria, and concussion management

Examine the tools and methods used to monitor, record and evaluate training load and performance, and explain how the resulting data informs program decisions

Analyse the role of nutrition, hydration, supplementation and sleep in supporting training adaptation, performance and recovery, with reference to evidence-based recommendations

Investigate acute physiological responses (cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular) and chronic adaptations to aerobic and resistance training

Investigate pre-exercise screening, risk stratification and informed consent as the duty-of-care steps that precede a safe exercise prescription

Apply the principles of training (specificity, progressive overload, reversibility, variety, individuality, recovery) to design a training program for a specific performance goal

Investigate psychological strategies used to enhance motivation and manage arousal and anxiety (goal-setting, mental rehearsal, self-talk, concentration and relaxation techniques) and apply them to a chosen performance context

Investigate physiological, neural, tissue and psychological recovery strategies and evaluate the evidence base for managing fatigue and overtraining

Investigate skill acquisition through the stages of learning, types of practice, types of feedback, and the role of coaching cues; apply the principles to a chosen sporting context

Investigate how strategies and tactics, informed by opponent analysis and performance data, are developed and adapted to improve performance

Examine training methods for strength, power, speed and flexibility, and design a periodised plan that integrates these capacities for a chosen athlete

Investigate the role of technology in performance enhancement, including training monitoring tools, performance-enhancing drugs and anti-doping, technological doping, and the ethical and equity issues these raise across athlete populations

Structure a yearly training program using periodisation (macrocycle, mesocycle, microcycle) and the training phases to manage load, fatigue and recovery and to peak for a target competition