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This Level 4 Certificate in Obesity & Diabetes Management represents 10 years of research from the leading obesity and weight management organisation in the Health and Fitness Industry.
Weight Management Centre Ltd (Discovery Learning's parent company) deliver obesity services to thousands of adults and children across the UK and provide weight management and obesity intervention services on behalf of multiple Health Authorities.
In our 16 years of activity, we are proud to say that we have trained over 10,000 eager fitness professionals who later went on to further learn and develop their careers with the same initial enthusiasm.
So, once you have made the decision to start a new career or develop your professional skills, you can be sure that Discovery Learning is one of the best choices.
Digital certificate - Included
What will I learn on the course?
This piece of work is authored by experts in this field who are qualified to MSc level or are Dietitians or Registered Nutritionists working with clinically obese clients daily. The course is designed for practitioners and Personal Trainers wishing to work in obesity and diabetes management, and the skills learned on the course represent current best clinical practice.
You will also receive a separate REPs accredited certificate in Motivational Interviewing and Behaviour Change as part of this course. The course is updated each quarter and as such represents the most up to date piece of work you will encounter, with over 500 references covering, physical activity behaviour change and nutrition, as well as a wealth of practical tools for assisting your clients.
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Course Content:
FORMAT
How long is the Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management course?
The course is likely to take 12 to 16 weeks to complete and is a combination of home study and attendance. You will undertake approximately 200 hours of learning involving online and face to face tutorials. You will need to attend two days of practical workshops at one of our national academies.
Where can I do the course?
We run this course at our West London, Manchester, Cardiff and Bournemouth venues.
ASSESSMENT
What assessments will I need to complete?
Formative assessment (During the course). This aspect is included to assist learning and does not form part of the final assessment, and as such will not influence the final result.
Summative Assessment (End of course)
What support will I get?
You will be supported throughout your studies by our expert student support team that you can contact by telephone, e-mail, live chat or Skype. This course is also supported by a fully interactive online learning package that is completely free with the course. This contains videos, interactive tutorials and lots of visual aids and learning tools to make your education more enjoyable and effective.
This course is for those fitness professionals that wish to progress to level 4 on the register of exercise professionals (REP’s) and in particular those wishing to successfully manage obese and diabetic clients.
Students from both the health sector and the fitness industry attend this course and at the practical attendance days you will meet with many people from a variety of backgrounds and professions. The group workshops are unique learning environments with lots of opportunity to explore your ideas alongside health practitioners and a wide variety of health, fitness and wellness professionals.
If you are in the fitness industry and you wish to progress to level 4 on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REP’s) you will need to be a level 3 personal trainer or have a level 3 Fitness Qualification. Also you will have to complete (or have completed) the level 3 Exercise Referral course to register at level 4.
You will receive the Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management Certificate which is a Skills Active Award and a nationally recognised qualification along with 20 REP’s points. You will also receive a REP’s Accredited Certificate in Behaviour change and motivational interviewing providing you with a further 4 REP’s points.
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