UTS course code: C11184
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Pilates Method Rehabilitation
Abbreviation: GradCertPilatesRhab
Course fee: $183.33 per cp (local)¹
Total credit points: 24

Footnotes:
1. This course is not offered to international students.

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Assessment
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

This course is specifically designed to produce Pilates Instructors qualified to practice independently and in a multidisciplinary fitness and clinical health environment. The course also provides health care professionals the opportunity to acquire the highest possible education in the Pilates Method, as well as providing graduates of Human Movement, Physiotherapy and related tertiary degree courses with a further professional vocation.

Course aims

The Graduate Certificate in Pilates Method Rehabilitation addresses the post-acute rehabilitation application of the Pilates Method. The course is designed to provide students the opportunity to build on their current Pilates fitness development skills to allow them to develop specialised skills in the application of the Pilates Method for rehabilitation (following sporting and other injuries, and in mobility conditions).

Students graduate with a range of skills including: physical skills required to be a Pilates Methods Instructor in the rehabilitation arena; knowledge of the philosophy of Pilates Method and the ability to apply knowledge from anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological principles to this philosophy; the ability to evaluate fitness and diagnose movement dysfunction in order to develop appropriate exercise programs in specific rehabilitation populations; a demonstrated understanding of a broad range of psychodynamic techniques, pain management and motivation/ compliance skills, concepts of motor learning, and the use of effective communication skills in the implementation of rehabilitation programs; the ability to appropriately communicate and liaise with other health professionals and adhere to ethical standards.

Graduates will be qualified senior instructors in the instruction of Pilates Method to clients and as such will be competent to demonstrate Pilates Method techniques to junior practitioners.

Admission requirements

Educational requirements

Applicants require the Graduate Certificate in Pilates Method or equivalent level-one training in the Pilates Method.

Professional requirements

Applicants require a minimum of 250 hours personal Pilates practice with a qualified practitioner; a current first aid certificate with CPR; and current employment in an appropriate Pilates Method Studio of at least 20 hours per week.

Course duration

This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis.

Course structure

Before qualifying for the Graduate Certificate in Pilates Method Rehabilitation students must complete the following concurrently with their formal studies:

• a total of 100 hours personal practice of Pilates with a qualified instructor, and
• a minimum of 1,000 hours of workplace placement with a supervised professional practice in an accredited Pilates Method studio where contact with rehabilitation cases is available. This will be organised in conjunction with UTS.

Course program

Assessment

Students can expect to undergo a variety of assessment types before completion of this course including formal and informal examinations, assignments and essays, practical reports and write-ups, case studies and seminar presentations. For further details on individual subjects, see the Subject Descriptions section, or contact the subject's coordinator.

Professional recognition

This certificate qualifies students for membership of the Australian Pilates Method Association.

Other information

All academic inquiries should be made to:

Jim Mann
telephone (02) 9514 2226
email pilates@uts.edu.au

or

Peter Miller
Head, Department of Health Sciences
telephone (02) 9514 2229
fax (02) 9514 2228
email Peter.Miller@uts.edu.au