CEP and RCEP Update

The ACSM Certification Board to offer a single clinical exercise physiologist examination - ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist® (ACSM-CEP®)

After significant research and deliberations, the ACSM Committee on Certification and Registry Board (CCRB) transitioned at the beginning of 2018 to a single clinical exercise physiologist certification exam, ACSM-CEP®.

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The minimum requirements for the ACSM-CEP will be the following:

• Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology or equivalent and 600 hours of hands-on, clinical experience

Or

• Bachelor’s degree in exercise science, exercise physiology, or equivalent and 1,200 hours of hands-on, clinical experience.

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What does this mean for you?

• Candidates, the ACSM-CEP content domains will include:

  • Domain I. Patient Assessment

  • Domain II. Exercise Testing

  • Domain III. Exercise Prescription

  • Domain IV. Exercise Training and Leadership

  • Domain V. Education and Behavior Change

  • Domain VI. Legal and Professional Considerations Responsibilities

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Clinical Exercise Physiologists will unquestionably remain the gold standard for the exercise profession and play a critical role in preventing, managing, and treating chronic diseases and conditions in healthcare and improving the quality of patients.