Establishment of clinical exercise physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: a progress report

Helen Jones; Anthony Crozier; Keith George; Gemma Miller; Greg P Whyte; Joanna Rycroft; Andrew Scott; John P Buckley; Gordon McGregor; Christopher David Askew; Sandy Jack; Steffan Birkett; David R Broom; Keith Tolfrey; Anna Campbell; Dawn A Skelton; Lizanne Steenkamp; Jude Savage; Daniel J Green

doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002033

Establishment of clinical exercise physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: a progress report

Helen Jones, Anthony Crozier, Keith George, Gemma Miller, Greg P Whyte, Joanna Rycroft, Andrew Scott, John P Buckley, Gordon McGregor, Christopher David Askew, Sandy Jack, Steffan Birkett, David R Broom, Keith Tolfrey, Anna Campbell, Dawn A Skelton, Lizanne Steenkamp, Jude Savage, Daniel J Green

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In 2021, a 'call to action' was published to highlight the need for professional regulation of clinical exercise physiologists to be established within UK healthcare systems to ensure patient safety and align training and regulation with other health professions. This manuscript provides a progress report on the actions that Clinical Exercise Physiology UK (CEP-UK) has undertaken over the past 4 years, during which time clinical exercise physiologists have implemented regulation and gained formal recognition as healthcare professionals in the UK. An overview of the consultation process involved in creating a regulated health profession, notably the development of policies and procedures for both individual registration and institutional master's degree (MSc) accreditation is outlined. Additionally, the process for developing an industry-recognised scope of practice, a university MSc-level curriculum framework, the Academy for Healthcare Science Practitioner standards of proficiency and Continuing Professional Development opportunities is included. We outline the significant activities and milestones undertaken by CEP-UK and provide insight and clarity for other health professionals to understand the training and registration process for a clinical exercise physiologist in the UK. Finally, we include short, medium and long-term objectives for the future advocacy development of this workforce in the UK.

Original language	English
Article number	e002033
Number of pages	10
Journal	BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Volume	10
Issue number	2
Early online date	18 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002033
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2024

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This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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This research was funded by Research England International Investment Initiative funding (iCardio).

Keywords

Communicable disease
Exercise physiology
Exercise rehabilitation
Physiology

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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Jones, H., Crozier, A., George, K., Miller, G., Whyte, G. P., Rycroft, J., Scott, A., Buckley, J. P., McGregor, G., Askew, C. D., Jack, S., Birkett, S., Broom, D. R., Tolfrey, K., Campbell, A., Skelton, D. A., Steenkamp, L., Savage, J., & Green, D. J. (2024). Establishment of clinical exercise physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: a progress report. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine , 10(2), Article e002033. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002033

Jones, H, Crozier, A, George, K, Miller, G, Whyte, GP, Rycroft, J, Scott, A, Buckley, JP, McGregor, G, Askew, CD, Jack, S, Birkett, S, Broom, DR, Tolfrey, K, Campbell, A, Skelton, DA, Steenkamp, L, Savage, J & Green, DJ 2024, 'Establishment of clinical exercise physiology as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK: a progress report', BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine , vol. 10, no. 2, e002033. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-002033

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