KNES 297 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Continuing Education, Sports Medicine
27 Feb 2017
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Describe and assess the 3 types of credentialing of relevance for pursuing careers in. Explain the mission/purpose of professional associations/organizations in exercise. Identify/explain individual and program certifications in exercise science. Or has right to perform certain functions/ actions. To engage in legal practice off a professional activity that would otherwise be illegal. Physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists and dietitians. Requires individuals, educational programs, or institutions to be evcaluated and recognized as meeting predetermined standards. Individual programs or facilities required to meet specific criteria. Related to curriculum, staff, facilities, and environment. Example: commission on accreditation of allied health education programs (caahep) oversees the committee on the accreditation for the exercise. Registration and licensure are similar in scope. Except a licensed professional generally has a broader range of professional practice. For nearly every profession, area of interest. Effect of a a collection of people is greater than each person individually. 1954; small group of physical educators and physicians.
