• Exercise is Medicine
• Wellness Council of America
• Personal Trainer
• Health Coach

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Level 1

The Exercise is Medicine® credential recognizes exercise professionals who possess the education and skills to work closely with the health care community and referred patients, including those with common chronic diseases and health conditions.

Levels 1: These credentialed exercise professionals may work with individuals who are healthy or who have health-related issues but have been cleared by their physicians for exercise.

The vision of EIM is to:

• Have health care providers assess every patient's level of physical activity at every clinic visit;
• Determine if the patient is meeting the U.S. National Physical Activity Guidelines;
• Provide patients with brief counseling advice to help him/her meet the guidelines; and/or
• Refer the patient to either health care or community-based resources for further physical activity (PA) counseling and guidance.

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About the Wellness Council of America

WELCOA (the Wellness Council of America) is one of the nation’s most-respected resources for building high-performing, healthy workplaces. With a 30 year history and more than 5,000 corporate members, WELCOA has an impeccable reputation for helping business and health professionals improve employee well-being and create healthier organizational cultures.

MISSION

As one of the nation’s premier resources for workplace wellness, our mission is to serve business leaders, workplace wellness practitioners, public health professionals and consultants of all kinds by:

• Promoting membership;
• Producing leading-edge workplace wellness publications and health information;
• Conducting trainings that help workplace wellness professionals create and sustain results-oriented wellness programs;
• Creating resources that promote healthier lifestyles for all working Americans.

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WELCOA Certified

Demonstrates commitment to workplace wellness. This certification gives you the tools, knowledge and critical competencies to manage, plan, design and implement and measure workplace wellness programs. Choose from a variety of Workplace Wellness Certifications, Nutrition Certifications, Stress-Management Certifications and Fitness Certifications.

REQUIREMENTS: Completion of one WELCOA Certification Series (approximately 6 hours of online training).

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WELCOA Faculty Designation

​Demonstrates exceptional commitment and dedication to pursuing excellence in workplace wellness. WELCOA Faculty Members are poised to address a higher level of challenges faced in today’s organizations: containing health care costs, improving productivity within healthy employees, reducing the costs of injury on the job and engaging employees in long-term well-being.

REQUIREMENTS: Completion of four WELCOA Certifications Series (approximately 24 hours of on-going training over a 2 year period).

​Certifications

• The Seven Benchmarks - Beginner
  • There is both an art and science to designing and delivering a results-oriented workplace wellness initiative. In this flagship certification, I was immersed in WELCOA's Seven Benchmark approach to building great wellness programs. 
• The Seven Benchmarks - Advanced
  • There is a specific methodology that needs to be followed if you want to take your wellness initiative from good to great. In this advanced version of the Seven Benchmarks, I built off the basics and then zeroed in on what America’s Healthiest companies do differently. This course put more sophisticated emphasis on productivity, culture and outcomes and helped me how to understand to take wellness initiatives to the next level. 
• Current Events - 2018
  • The Culture Code
  • The Total Value of Your Wellness Investment
  • Achieving Purposeful Health Promotion
  • Designing & Building Organizations that Thrive
• Leadership Essentials
  • Dr. David Hunnicutt provides in-depth instruction and insight into the art and science of developing a personal skill set that will allow me to effectively build and sustain a results-oriented workplace wellness initiative. Specifically, the topics of leadership, creating change, getting things done through others, establishing essential priorities, and maximizing my time are all addressed as part of the core curriculum.

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