NCHCPCS110 — Medical Fitness Specialist
Prerequisite: Certified Personal Trainer or Related Certification/Degree Teacher mentored self-paced online certification: This 30-hour certification (30 CECs) is an advanced certification for fitness professionals and other types of therapists. It is strongly suggested that you have a Certified Personal Trainer certification to take this program. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and offer new services to a wide variety of clients, then this program will prepare you to succeed. You will learn in this challenging exercise course the core essentials of helping clients with specialized chronic illness. You will be able to practically apply the knowledge in programming safe and effective workouts. Nothing is more rewarding than working with the medical community to do great things for people with special medical issues. This MFS Level 1 Certification includes a written core exam and a practical case scenario exam to demonstrate operational safe and effective competency. Course topics include: · 15 hours of core knowledge lectures · 15 hours of practical skill programming modifications & development. Textbook required: (ISBN-13: 978-1450434140 )ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities-4th, American College of Sports Medicine Geoffrey Moore J. Larry Durstine Patricia Painter, © 2016 Call 888-330-9487 or visit www.witseducation.com to order the textbook or check out Amazon textbooks to rent the book.