Course syllabus for Physical Activity as Prevention and Treatment FYSS/FaR

Fysisk aktivitet som prevention och behandling FYSS/FaR

Essential data

Course code: 2QA332
Course name: Physical Activity as Prevention and Treatment FYSS/FaR
Credits: 7.5
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Not applicable
Level: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Decided by: Education committee NVS
Decision date: 2021-12-09
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2022

Specific entry requirements

Bachelor's degree or a professional degree worth at least 120 credits in healthcare. And proficiency in Swedish and English equivalent to Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6.

Literature and other teaching aids

  • FaR®: individanpassad skriftlig ordination av fysisk aktivitet, Östersund : Statens folkhälsoinstitut, 2011 - 349 s. ISBN: 978-91-7257-909-5 (print), LIBRIS-ID: 12657306, Fulltext,
  • Faskunger, Johan, Fysisk aktivitet och folkhälsa, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2013 - 255 s. ISBN: 9789144074825, LIBRIS-ID: 14716863,
  • Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och sjukdomsbehandling, FYSS 2017, Läkartidningen förlag, ISBN-nr 978-91-981711-2-9, 2017
  • Kohl, Harold W.; Murray, Tinker Dan, Foundations of physical activity and public health, Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2012. - 281 p. ISBN: 978-0-7360-8710-0 (hard cover), LIBRIS-ID: 12430965,