Liaise with clients with medical conditions to identify and agree their needs and objectives for exercise and physical activity programmes
Overview
This standard is about the competence required to identify and support clients with various medical conditions needs and objectives. This is likely to be the initial stage of meeting a client to establish an effective relationship while gathering suitable information to inform programme design.
They will normally be working without direct supervision but could be under the direction of a physiotherapist, Medical Officer or GP.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
meet with the client at an appropriate time and place
establish a rapport and engage the client using appropriate techniques
explain yours and the clients' role and responsibilities in the process
show sensitivity and empathy to clients and the information they provide
effectively communicate with the client that encourages them to engage openly and honestly
implement a process of informed consent for the collection of information and exercise prescription
conduct pre-exercise screening to establish clients risk stratification
8. identify appropriate methods of collecting relevant client information and data based on their condition
collect the information needed to plan an exercise and physical activity programme
research unfamiliar medical conditions and medications using different methods to source scientific data
liaise with other professionals regarding the information received
discuss with clients the health benefits of physical activity for their conditions
liaise with clients to agree goals appropriate to their needs and conditions
ensure the goals are suitable and adhere to the clients risk stratification and industry good practice
work in accordance with all relevant legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols
16. plan an exercise programme that is appropriate to the participants needs, conditions, goals and level of fitness
- ensure appropriate components of fitness and principles of training are applied
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
1. the current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere
the principles of anatomy and physiology including skeletal, cardiovascular, myofascial, nervous, endocrine, energy and digestive system.
how to apply anatomy and physiology when planning and delivering exercise and physical activity programmes for clients with specified medical conditions
the components of health and skill related fitness and how to apply these into an exercise and physical activity programmes for clients with specified medical conditions
the scope and professional boundaries of your practice
the relationship between exercise, physical activity and specified medical conditions
how to gather relevant information to plan safe, effective exercise and physical activity programmes for clients with specified medical conditions
the importance of meeting the client at the correct time and place to provide a professional setting
how to build rapport with different clients
10. the importance of establishing roles and responsibilities at the start to ensure the best outcome
11. why it is important to provide sensitivity and empathy to the clients
12. the ethical considerations involved in ongoing maintenance of exercise behaviour including respecting inter-professional boundaries and clients confidentiality
how your communication skills can influence the quality of information received, the clients commitment and motivation
how to gain informed consent from the clients and why this is important
risk stratification processes and how to use this to complete pre-exercise screening to show whether the client is at low, medium or high risk of an adverse event occurring during exercise and physical activity
how to identify appropriate methods for gathering information and data from clients
how to collect and analyse information using recognised methods
credible sources of scientific information that can be used to research unfamiliar medical conditions and medications
how to interact with others involved in the process
20. the health benefits of physical activity for clients medical conditions
how to ensure the goals agreed with the clients meet their needs, conditions and stage of readiness to change
how to plan an agree SMART goals adhering to risk stratification and current level of ability
how to record goals in an appropriate format
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Methods
pre-exercise screening/risk stratification tools
reports
interviews
questionnaire
observations
physical assessments
risk assessments
on-going research
Principles of training
1. specificity
2. overload
3. recovery
4. adaptation
5. reversibility
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
This standard links to SKAEAF18, SKAEAF19 and SKAEAF20