Senior Editor: Gregory B. Dwyer. Associate Editors: Nancy J. Belli, Meir Magal, and Paul Sorace
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – 292 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
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This fourth edition of the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) Certification Review has been extensively revised from previous editions. This current edition covers all the current knowledge and skills (KSAs) for the certifications of the Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), the Certified Health Fitness Specialist (HFS), and the Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES).
The material in this book was contributed by the four editors named above plus 19 other authors who are specialists in their fields. This makes the book very “authoritative” (pun intended). The material was also reviewed by 14 other experts in various areas of sports medicine.
This book contains three main sections that are very practical and useful to the people intending to get certification and get their first job or add to their existing qualification. Those sections are:
Case studies that involve both multiple-choice questions as well as open-ended discussion questions are divided by certification level and domain. There are 30 case studies and 10 accompanying ECGS in this book.
Job task analysis (JTA) tables that contain a detailed breakdown of all the KSAs by
certification level and domain.
Practice examinations, one for each certification, contain 100 multiple-choice practice questions with answers and explanations. At the end of each exam, a table indicates which questions in that practice test correspond to which domain(s).
You will find some advice in the Preface of this book on how best to study for a certification exam. Purchasers of this book will find additional resources that are available on this book’s companion website. Click on this link to access those resources:
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Approved adopting instructors will be given access to the following additional resource: Image Bank.
This book contains three parts, nine sections and three appendices. Here is a list to give you a quick overview of the contents of this book:
Part 1
1. CPT Case Studies
2. CPT Job Task Analysis
3. CPT Examination
Part 2
4. HFS Case Studies
5. HFS Job Task Analysis
6. HFS Examination
Part 3
7. CES Case Studies
8. CES Job Task Analysis
9. CES Examination
Appendix A – Supplementary Figures, Tables, and Boxes from Other ACSM
Certification Tests
Appendix B – Editors for the Previous Two Editions
Appendix C – Contributors to the Previous Two Editions
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), founded in 1954, is the world’s largest sports medicine and exercise organization with more than 45,000 regional, national and international members and certified professionals in 70 occupations in more than 90 countries. The occupations range from academicians to personal trainers to physicians to students and many more. Get more information on www.acsm.org
This is a very useful book and an excellent resource – in print and online – for those who want learn what it takes to obtain certifications in the various areas of exercise science and sports medicine.
Dorothy B. Dwyer, PhD, FACSM, ACSM-ETT, ACSM-CES, ACSM-RCEP, ACSM-PD is affiliated with East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Nancy J. Belli, MA, ACSM-HFS is affiliated with Asphalt Green in New York City.
Meir Magal, PhD, FACSM, ACSM-CES is affiliated with North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Paul Sorace, MS, ACSM-RCEP is affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.
