ACSM Exercise is Medicine Credential
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What you'll learn
This 15 CEC online course prepares you to take referrals from health care providers. You learn ACSM guidance for clients with conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and osteoarthritis, how medications affect exercise, and motivational interviewing for behavior change.
- Health systems and clinical to community referral
- Communicating with health care providers
- Exercise guidance for chronic conditions
- Medications and when to refer back
- Motivational interviewing and behavior change
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Intermediate People with some experience who want to go further or prove what they know.
- What you get
- A certification employers can verify, made for the top of your résumé and your LinkedIn profile.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced.
- How to use it
- Put it at the top of your résumé and under Licenses and certifications on LinkedIn, with the verification link so hirers can confirm it in seconds. Name it in every application that uses this skill, and send it straight to recruiters and hiring managers.
- Why it's worth it
- An industry certification hiring managers recognize by name. It instantly sets you apart from applicants who only claim AI skills, and it travels with you to every job you apply for.
What you will pay$195 and upUpfront cost. Full details below.
- Time
- Online course worth 15 CECs; hours not otherwise published
- Before you start
- Minimum bachelor's degree in exercise science, exercise physiology or kinesiology; an ACSM or other NCCA or ISO/IEC 17024 accredited fitness certification; pass every course exam with 80%+.
- How you are tested
- Online course and exams, then application
- Renewal
- Not stated on reviewed page
- Full cost details
- Online course $195 ACSM member / $379 nonmember (15 CECs); credential application follows passing
- Where it applies
- United States program of ACSM's Exercise is Medicine initiative
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Sources and what we verified
ACSM EIM Credential page: eligibility, $195/$379, 15 CECs, digital certificate ↗What we verified: EIM online course URL on exerciseismedicine.org redirects to this ACSM page. Bachelor's degree requirement limits it to degreed trainers.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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