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Diploma in Exercise Referral

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£497.00

Group booking discounts available for bookings of 6 or more.

3 Months Interest Free Credit Available

An initial payment of £200 followed by 3 monthly payments of £99.00
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  • Written and taught by medical doctors
  • Evidence based course
  • Internationally recognised
  • Active IQ Accredited qualification
  • Weekend courses to work around your life

Become an Exercise referral instructor with the only course taught by doctors and help people with chronic medical problems improve their symptoms, disease progress and also their outlook. Exercise is medicine and with all the new government funding in place and exercise referral jobs vastly increasing both privately and in the NHS, now is the time to enter this exciting, rewarding and fast growing areas of health and fitness.

Inactivity and chronic disease are growing problems. Work in a field that provides stable work and the satisfaction of working to improve the lives of clients with chronic disease.

Our course goes above and beyond the national qualification syallbus as it is delivered by our medical team. Our course director Dr Dane Vishnubala, works for public health england and the royal college of GPs and is the chief medical Advisor for Active IQ. When it comes to Exercise Referral we really are the specialists- come and learn from the best!

During this 4 day course you wil learn about:

  • Exercise Referral and Funding
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • High Cholesterol
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Joint Replacements
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Asthma
  • COPD

Certification
AIQ Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral

Accreditation
Active IQ

Support
You will be supported throughout the course by your dedicated educational supervisor. Your tutor will be a medical doctor who is also an experienced fitness professional.

In this short module we discuss how to get the most out of the course and what you need to do!

In this module we look at how exercise referral works, how it is funded, where the jobs are, as well as how the NHS is structured and how public health funding works.

Consultation skills are important when working with patients. Here we teach techniques that we also teach GPs and other doctors including motivational interviewing.

In this module we cover hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia as well as cardiovascular diseases. We look at the pathophysiology, investigations, management and exercise prescription.

In this module we cover asthma and COPD. We look at the pathophysiology, investigations, management and exercise prescription.

In this module we cover depression and anxiety. We look at the pathophysiology, investigations, management and exercise prescription.

In this module we cover lower back pain, joint replacements, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. We look at the pathophysiology, investigations, management and exercise prescription.

Inactivity is a big problem at the moment, here we look at the problem itself, the cause and the health benefits physiologically of being active. We also take a look at key research.

Here we look at common clients you may see and discuss exercise prescription in more detail.

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Venue: David Lloyd, St John's Playing Field, Hull Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO10 3LG

Day 1: Saturday 29 November 2025 10:00-18:00
Day 2: Saturday 13 December 2025 10:00-18:00
Day 3: Sunday 14 December 2025 10:00-18:00

Total Days: 3 Days

Note: Bookings close on Thursday 27 November 2025

Anonymous

Saturday 23 March 2024

Great course, covered all the conditions I'd hoped for and allowed me to get a job in Exercise Referral

Mark

Monday 05 February 2024

Great course, thoroughly rewarding

Yui Saisuk

Saturday 20 January 2024

Overall, a great course learning from Dr Dane & Jason, both are true experts and both are amazing. A lot of information was covered in lectures.

Olivia

Wednesday 15 November 2023

really good! throughly enjoyed and the core staff are all lovely and knowledgeable

Matthew Savage

Thursday 02 December 2021

An interesting course necessary for personal development in the fitness industry

Paul Bywater

Tuesday 17 November 2020

Possibly the most useful fitness course I have done so far!

Andrew Smith

Monday 09 January 2017

THe online lectures were great. Felt like I was back at university but with the flexibility.

Anonymous

Friday 16 December 2016

Nice to learn from the true experts!

Adam Turner

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Jason and Dane were fantastic. I learned more on the course than in my MSc in physical activity.

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  • Case Study
  • Coursework (Worksheets)

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