Professional practice for exercise referral instructors
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About the role and importance of exercise referral and related policies and key documents
- About roles and responsibilities within an exercise referral scheme
- About the current healthcare systems in the UK
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Exercise referral’ from the Register of Exercise Professionals
- ‘Exercise Referral Systems: A national quality assurance framework’ from the NHS
- ‘Physical activity: exercise referral schemes’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- ‘About CCGs’ from the NHS Clinical Commissioners’ website
- ‘Data protection’ on the Gov.UK website
- ‘Irwin and Morgan sample risk stratification tool’ on the Yumpu website
- ‘Locus of control’ on the Tutor 2 U website
- ‘General Practice physical activity questionnaire’ from the NHS
- Presentation
- Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Dealing with customers'.
- Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Exercise referral'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This article from The Register of Exercise Professionals is called ‘To screen or not to screen: The role of specialist exercise instructors in client assessment’.
- Read pages 13 and 14 in the ‘Hertfordshire Exercise Referral Scheme: Quality Operating Standards’ to find out more about the ‘Risk Stratification Tool’.
- This document is Kent County Council’s ‘Exercise Referral Scheme: Information and Guidance’.
- Click to read the ‘Framework for Shropshire Exercise on Referral’ which is based on the National Quality Assurance Framework for Exercise Referral Schemes (NQAF)and The British Heart Foundation Toolkit for Exercise Referrals.
- This document is ‘A toolkit for the design, implementation and evaluation of exercise referral schemes’ and it was produced by the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health. The aim of this toolkit is to provide an easy-to-read, practical guide for all those professionals involved in the delivery, coordination, commissioning and evaluation of exercise referral schemes.
- Think And Challenge
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