Over the past few decades, the population of the United States, and other industrialized nations, has been sitting more, moving less.
Consequently, the incidence of many chronic conditions, including type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, orthopedic issues, and metabolic syndrome, have dramatically increased.
Unfortunately, the rise in chronic disease has been mostly ignored. Fitness can be, should be, and is the frontline of healthcare.
We know exercise and activity can help in primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention, and positively affect chronic conditions. Fitness professionals trained in program design and management, who have knowledge of chronic disease, and in collaboration with health care providers, are in a prime position to help clients and patients ease the burden of chronic disease.
MedFit Classroom’s Medical Fitness Specialist online course will prepare you to help clients prevent, alleviate and/or manage numerous chronic diseases and collaborate with clinicians.
20% off the 20-hour Medical Fitness Specialist online course.
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The Medical Fitness Specialist online course is considered advanced level education, and is meant to be taken by fitness professionals who have previously acquired education and experience as a professional within the health and fitness industry. In order to receive the Certificate of Specialization that is conferred upon those who complete the course and successfully pass the competency assessment, you must show proof of the following:
This Certificate of Specialization will be considered valid for a period of two years, and to keep it current, you must complete ten (10) topically relevant, continuing education hours, prior to the date of its expiration, and you must formally renew the certificate. Professionals should anticipate and consider the cost of the required continuing education, as well a nominal renewal fee.
This course is approved for credit by:
This course is pending application and approval to provide continuing education from ACE. If your certifying body is not listed, you will be provided with a Certificate of Specialization at the end of the course that can be used to petition your certifying body for credit.
Those who purchase this course receive a 90-day trial professional membership to the MedFit Network (Free trial available for new MFN members only). A fitness professional holding a current Certificate of Specialization is able to list themselves as a Medical Fitness Specialist on the MedFit Network, within an active account profile. Being listed on the MFN and having this additional qualification is a true differentiator — one that greatly improves the chance of receiving a referral from consumers searching MFN seeking a fitness professional.
Dan Mikeska’s mission is to improve population health and to increase the quality of life by connecting education, medicine, and fitness. This goal can be achieved by providing an educational pathway for fitness professionals who want to become respected members of the healthcare community, prompting clinicians to prescribe exercise, and encouraging patients to enlist the services of a qualified fitness professional.
Dan’s philosophy centers on the fact that human movement is a complicated and coordinated effort between your muscles, skeleton, and metabolism, and everyone is different. Knowing how each of the systems of the bodywork, independently and in concert, is essential in the development of an effective fitness program.
In addition to a doctorate degree in Health Science and a master’s degree in Human Movement, Dan has some of the most sought after certifications from The National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American Council on Exercise, the Cancer Exercise Training Institute, and the Exercise is Medicine credential from the American College of Sports Medicine.
His education and vast experience have given him the opportunity to work with notable organizations such as Life with Cancer and 2Unstoppable, as well as teach fitness and wellness classes at Northern Virginia Community College. He is currently adjunct faculty for A.T. Still University’s master’s of Kinesiology program, and is a member of the Industry Advisory Council for American Public University’s Sports and Health Science program.