{"id":10317,"date":"2013-04-12T09:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T15:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=10317"},"modified":"2013-04-12T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:06:02","slug":"health-science-students-get-faculty-staff-in-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=10317","title":{"rendered":"Health science students get faculty, staff in shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kee Warner was not thinking about his health when senior instructor K.C. Craig\u2019s email to the faculty list appeared on his computer screen late on a December Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Kee Warner, seated, completes a seated row exercise with the assistance of student trainer Annoushka Ranaraja at the Campus Recreation Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Craig\u2019s offer of a free personal trainer as part of her spring semester course, Exercise\u00a0Testing and Prescription\u00a0HSCI 4950,\u00a0made Warner pause.<\/p>\n

\u201cK.C.\u2019s email reminded me of a conversation with my sister who had been working with a trainer and how much better she said she felt by \u2018tuning in,\u2019\u201d Warner, associate vice chancellor for diversity and inclusiveness, Academic Affairs, said. \u201cI thought that it would be a good thing for me to do, particularly being an insulin diabetic and at my age.”<\/p>\n

As one of 200 UCCS faculty or staff members who responded to Craig\u2019s offer within 15 minutes –and one of 25 selected to work with one-on-one with\u00a0a student — Warner soon found himself in the Campus Recreation Center doing something he\u2019d done\u00a0sporadically\u00a0during the last few years, exercising.<\/p>\n

With the help of Annoushka Ranaraja, a Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences senior, Warner is now doing pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, and spending time at the weight bench three or four times a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe designed a program for me and my needs,\u201d Warner said of Ranaraja. \u201cWe meet weekly, which provides discipline. It\u2019s been a humbling experience. It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done pull-ups or push-ups. It was a lot easier when I was 20.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner heaped praise on Ranaraja for her work and for Craig for changing her course design\u00a0to include\u00a0faculty and staff members as research subjects. Craig was equally positive about the faculty and staff who agreed to work with her students with the shared goal of providing a realistic health professional experience. Many of the students hope to work as personal trainers or as trainers for elite athletes.<\/p>\n

Since 2005, Craig has taught health science courses focused on exercise and preparing students for certification as professional trainers. Previously, students used family members or friends to practice classroom lessons and to prepare for certification and careers. The idea behind having students work with strangers \u2013 faculty and staff members chosen at random \u2013 was to create a more realistic experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted something that was real, live, and down and dirty reality,\u201d Craig said.<\/p>\n

She got it.<\/p>\n

Students faced fears of being intimidated by clients and developed solutions for problems that ranged from conflicting schedules to injuries. The students discussed solutions in the classroom but without sharing names. Client files are locked in Craig\u2019s University Hall office to ensure confidentiality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only heard a few complaints,\u201d Craig said. \u201cMost had to do with difficulty scheduling the required weekly client meetings. My response was to tell the students \u2018welcome to reality.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Reality is what Ranaraja says she liked about the course, something she says will help her achieve her goal of earning a master\u2019s degree and, eventually, owning a sports nutrition-related business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a great part of the course,\u201d Ranaraja said of her work with Warner. \u201cI get to apply things. I\u2019m such a hands-on learner that it helps me more than coursework would.\u201d<\/p>\n

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