Assess, Prescribe, Refer, Collaborate

Module 1: Assess: Identify the Need and Start the Right Conversation

Stage 2 of 9

Enrollment required

• Understand What the Patient Is Actually Doing
• Recognize Meaningful Progressive Resistance Training
• Identify the Actual Gap
• Choose the Appropriate Next Step
• Know the Clinician’s Role
• Apply the Assessment Process

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 2: Assess: Readiness, Motivation, and Barriers

Stage 3 of 9

Enrollment required

• Understand Readiness for the Behavior That Actually Needs to Change
• Use Motivational Interviewing to Improve the Conversation
• Listen for Motivation, Ambivalence, and Confidence
• Identify and Clarify Barriers
• Match Readiness, Barriers, and Support
• Practice the Conversation

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 3: Prescribe: Understand Exercise Well Enough to Advocate for It

Stage 4 of 9

Enrollment required

• From Clinical Exercise Prescription to Programming Expertise
• How Exercise Produces Adaptation
• Initial Values, Specificity, Transfer, and Base Training
• Start Well and Progress Over Time
• Understand the Major Exercise Modalities and Programming Variables
• Create an Informed, Increasingly Independent Exerciser
• Apply the Programming-Literacy Principles

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 4: Refer: Match the Patient to the Right Level of Exercise Support

Stage 5 of 9

Enrollment required

• Referral as Part of the Exercise Prescription
• Match the Patient to the Right Level of Support
• Make the Referral Active and Trusted
• Keep the Referral Simple and Clinically Relevant
• Clarify Responsibility and Close the Loop
• Apply the Referral Process

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 5: Trust: Identify Competent Exercise Professionals and Build a Reliable Referral Network

Stage 6 of 9

Enrollment required

• Credentials Are Not the Same as Competency
• Evaluate Technical, Relational, and Scope Competency
• Ask Better Vetting Questions
• Experience the Service and Build Trust
• Evaluate the Service Model
• Build an Accessible Referral Network
• Apply the Vetting Process

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 6: Collaborate: Close the Loop Between Medicine and Fitness

Stage 7 of 9

Enrollment required

• Why Collaboration Closes the Referral Loop
• Decide What Information Should Flow, and When
• Respond Appropriately to Clinical Concerns
• Build a Bidirectional Learning Relationship
• Use Technology to Make Collaboration Easier
• Build Trust Through Repeated Collaboration
• Clinical Application: Collaboration Without Overload

10-question assessment · 80% required

Module 7: Implement: Build APRC Into Clinical Practice

Stage 8 of 9

Enrollment required

• Build the Workflow Around the Patient Encounter
• Use the Clinical Team and Technology Intentionally
• Create a Reliable Referral and Collaboration Pathway
• Measure What the System Is Actually Doing
• Improve the System Without Overengineering It
• Build Your Practice Implementation Plan

10-question assessment · 80% required

Implementation worksheet required