Exercise Physiology as a Healthcare Profession
| Author: | Boone, Tommy | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Pages: | 388 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2602-7 978-0-7734-2602-3 | |
| Price: | $239.95 + shipping | |
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This is a book about the future of exercise physiology as a healthcare profession. It is not a book about exercise physiology as a research discipline, but about you, the student of exercise physiology, and about the academic exercise physiologists, and how they can create a credible future for their students. This book was written with the express purpose of talking about the change process and how it is needed for exercise physiologists to work in healthcare. For instance, there are chapters about giving shape to the future, professionalism and leadership, and the courage to do what seems to be the impossible. Deep within each of us is the need to face reality with hope and courage to speak from the heart. It is here that real change and a shared vision takes place. Thus, this book is my effort to show the reader how to go about creating professionalism in exercise physiology. It is here that the reader comes to understand the importance of the ASEP Board Certification, Code of Ethics, Accreditation, and Standards of Professional Practice. After all, exercise is medicine, and the ASEP leadership has provided the blueprint to assist the academic community in developing this awareness and applying it to all aspects of exercise physiology tomorrow and beyond.
Reviews
“This book is all about action, choices, and realizing a vision. … to see a better future where they are credible, financially secure, and unified exercise physiologists who have their own professional organization that promotes the practice of exercise physiology as a credible healthcare profession.” – Dr. Steve Brock, North Pike School District
“This book has helped me see exercise physiology as an academic field that is just starting to come into its own. … changing exercise physiology for the better.” – Prof. Yit Aun Lim, Life University
“… nothing short of a marvel. It is well written, methodical in approach, logical in presentation, and compiles years of experience and thought.” – Prof. J. Lance Tarr, West Liberty University
“This book has helped me see exercise physiology as an academic field that is just starting to come into its own. … changing exercise physiology for the better.” – Prof. Yit Aun Lim, Life University
“… nothing short of a marvel. It is well written, methodical in approach, logical in presentation, and compiles years of experience and thought.” – Prof. J. Lance Tarr, West Liberty University
Table of Contents
Foreword by Steve Brock, Ph.D
Preface by Yit Aun Lim. Ph.D
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Need for Change
Chapter 1: The Challenges of Change
Chapter 2: Understanding Exercise Physiology
Chapter 3: Today’s Exercise Physiologist
Chapter 4: Overcoming Professional Apathy
Part II: The Future and Healthcare
Chapter 5: The Professional Organization
Chapter 6: A Look at the Future
Chapter 7: Healthcare Professionals
Chapter 8: Giving Shape to the Future
Part III: Professionalism and Leadership
Chapter 9: In Search of Excellence
Chapter 10: Language of Professionalism
Chapter 11: The Leadership Challenge
Chapter 12: The New Exercise Physiology
Part IV: The Courage of Change
Chapter 13: Leading Change Requires Guts
Chapter 14: The Dream
Chapter 15: The Impossible
Chapter 16: The Courage to Get Involved
Chapter 17: Facing Challenges Head On
Part V: Facing Reality
Chapter 18: Politics and Free Speech
Chapter 19: Questioning Popular Thinking
Chapter 20: There is Hope
Chapter 21: Moral Courage
Part VI: Speaking From the Heart
Chapter 22: From the Heart
Chapter 23: Economy and College Applications
Chapter 24: Something Has to Change
Chapter 25: A Shared Vision or More Deception
Part VII: Now and Tomorrow as One
Chapter 26: Getting Serious About College
Chapter 27: Professional Development
Chapter 28: The EPC in Healthcare
Chapter 29: Exercise is Medicine
Epilogue: The Visible Profession
References
Index
Preface by Yit Aun Lim. Ph.D
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Need for Change
Chapter 1: The Challenges of Change
Chapter 2: Understanding Exercise Physiology
Chapter 3: Today’s Exercise Physiologist
Chapter 4: Overcoming Professional Apathy
Part II: The Future and Healthcare
Chapter 5: The Professional Organization
Chapter 6: A Look at the Future
Chapter 7: Healthcare Professionals
Chapter 8: Giving Shape to the Future
Part III: Professionalism and Leadership
Chapter 9: In Search of Excellence
Chapter 10: Language of Professionalism
Chapter 11: The Leadership Challenge
Chapter 12: The New Exercise Physiology
Part IV: The Courage of Change
Chapter 13: Leading Change Requires Guts
Chapter 14: The Dream
Chapter 15: The Impossible
Chapter 16: The Courage to Get Involved
Chapter 17: Facing Challenges Head On
Part V: Facing Reality
Chapter 18: Politics and Free Speech
Chapter 19: Questioning Popular Thinking
Chapter 20: There is Hope
Chapter 21: Moral Courage
Part VI: Speaking From the Heart
Chapter 22: From the Heart
Chapter 23: Economy and College Applications
Chapter 24: Something Has to Change
Chapter 25: A Shared Vision or More Deception
Part VII: Now and Tomorrow as One
Chapter 26: Getting Serious About College
Chapter 27: Professional Development
Chapter 28: The EPC in Healthcare
Chapter 29: Exercise is Medicine
Epilogue: The Visible Profession
References
Index