To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Collaborating with Medical and Allied Health Professionals in a Fitness Environment and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Micro-credential Summary:
This online micro-credential outlines the role of fitness specialist in the rehabilitation process when dealing with clients with medical conditions or injured clients utilising a team approach. The micro-credential outlines the process for developing networks with professional health providers such as physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors and General Practitioners in the referral process for clients, gaining client consent and providing medicolegal reports in the Australian context.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the process of making referrals to medical and allied health professionals
- Identify the process for responding to referrals
- Describe the exercise considerations, guidelines and monitoring required in managing clients under referrals
- Understand the process of case management for the client referred by a medical or allied health professional.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: $90
Duration: 4 hours
CPD Hours: 4 hours
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
If you are a Registered Exercise Professional with AusActive as a Group Exercise/Gym Instructor or greater, you will also be eligible to attain 3 AusActive CECs on the successful completion of this micro-credential. On successful completion of the quizzes you can claim your digital badge at Credly and autogenerate a certificate to upload into your CEC diary on your AusActive account and you will be able to select your approved micro-credential. This will apply the CECs to your account. A team member from AusActive will review the uploaded certificate as soon as possible to verify that it matches the selected micro-credential.
If you are a Registered Exercise Professional with AusActive as a Group Exercise/Gym Instructor or greater, you will also be eligible to attain 3 AusActive CECs on the successful completion of this micro-credential.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au