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Level 3 GP & Exercise Referral Course

This level GP and Exercise Referral qualification provides the key skills and knowledge to establish you in the field of Exercise Referral. This GP and Exercise Referral Qualification is particularly aimed at Advanced Instructors and Personal Trainers seeking to work with special populations in both preventative and rehabilitative exercise therapies. This stimulating GP and Exercise Referral Course will challenge you and widen your knowledge and understanding of the health promoting benefits of physical activity. Focusing on the signs, symptoms and basic pathology of specific stable conditions; the implications and effects of specific medications relating to those conditions; How to plan, deliver, manage and evaluate a safe, effective and progressive adapted physical activity programme, personalized to individual client's needs and lifestyle.

Exercise Referral Course Content:

During the GP and Exercise Referral course you will learn the Exercise Referral Scheme and the role of the Department of Health and National Health Service; how to promote physical activity and health; Behaviour Change and Management, Health and lifestyle screening and Fitness Testing, How to plan, deliver and evaluate an exercise prescription; how to rehabilitate people with conditions such as; Orthopaedic diseases arthritis and osteoporosis; Cardiovascular diseases such as Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease ; Metabolic diseases such as Diabetes; Pulmonary diseases such as Asthma; Raised cholesterol and obesity, and many other common conditions.

£390

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Exercise Referral Course Format:

8 weeks home-study followed by:

2 days practical attendance workshop
1 day assessment

Exercise Referral Course Assessment:

Worksheet (assessed using marking criteria set by Active IQ)
GP referral Case study/progressive programme supported by a viva
Exercise Referral Theory paper (set and marked by Active IQ)
Practical Assessment (you will need to bring somebody for this)

Exercise Referral Course Certification & Qualifications:

Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Clients with Specific Controlled Conditions

Exercise Referral Price includes::

Active IQ registrations
The tutored components of the training modules and course
Training manuals and worksheets
Active IQ assessment fees & certification on successful completion of criteria
20 CPD credits on REP's

Exercise Referral Course Pre-requisites:

Learners must hold a Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (Gym/Exercise to Music) or a Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training or equivalent.
Minimum age 18

Affordable Payment Options:

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Payment Plan at 7.5% interest

Difference

3 Months

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Exercise Referral

£390

£419.25

£29.25

£209.63

£139.75

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Here at Discovery Learning we are in the business of growing passionate people to become elite personal trainers. We teach you how to become a Master personal trainer. We're a proud to be one of the leading providers of fitness instructor and personal trainer courses. Our personal trainer and gym instructor courses run in London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Cardiff and Birmingham. We offer you our quality personal trainer courses including our best selling Master Personal Trainer Diploma and Personal Trainer Certificate. Our fitness courses and nutrition courses are flexible and affordable. We provide Central YMCA and Active IQ qualifications in personal training, gym instructing, aerobic instructing (exercise to music), children's exercise and many more, giving you the UK’s leading health and fitness qualification.

We offer both full and part time personal trainer courses. We offer top quality training from the start all the way up to REPs Level 4. We’re the first and only company to offer Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management and provide this training to both personal trainers and NHS staff. We also offer a Level 4 Management of Lower Back Pain course as well as a Level 3 GP Referral that will help you expand your knowledge and client base. Our premium product which will get you to the top of the fitness industry with a huge earning potential is our master personal trainer course. If you’re not sure which course is right for you, then give one of our career advisors a call and they will be happy to help.