Overview

The course takes a patient-centred, evidence-based approach to care.

You will learn about disease pathology and how exercise can help prevent and treat health conditions. You will also gain the skills to safely prescribe exercise for different patient groups.

This course is ideal for health and fitness professionals, including those in primary care, public health, physiotherapy, and sport and exercise medicine. It will help you build the skills needed to use exercise as a treatment.

Career

The Clinical Exercise for the Prevention and Management of Disease programme from The University of Lancashire will prepare you for a role in clinical exercise prescription. You'll be able to understand, manage and optimise exercise prescription. This is a growing market, which could lead to roles in primary care or public health.

You'll learn from academics in medicine, sports therapy and exercise science. This will allow you to understand the multi-disciplinary approach which is needed to support members of the public.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Pathophysiology and Disease

Exercise Principles in Clinical Populations

Advanced Exercise Testing and Prescription

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

Blended

Campus Location

Preston, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Public Health Sport and Exercise Science View 325 other Masters in Sport and Exercise Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants admitted onto the course will meet the following requirements

Have a relevant professional qualification for example in Physiotherapy, Sports Therapy, Sports Rehabilitation or Strength & Conditioning

Be actively engaged in or access clinical experience in a Sports and Exercise Medicine practice in order to support learning within the programme

Have sufficient competency in English language (IELTS Level 6.0 or equivalent)

All suitable applicants will be interviewed. Interview procedures and decisions regarding applications will be conducted within the University’s policies on equal opportunities and admissions

Academic Integrity essentials (AIE) completion is required prior to undertaking first module

Tuition Fees

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1050 GBP / module

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Additional Details

Part-time tuition fee: £1,050 per 20 credits

Living costs

Preston

United Kingdom

751 - 1425 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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