ISSA CPT Module 5: consultation and assessment

Module 5 quiz: 3 free questions

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Question 1 of 3
Instead of asking 'Do you like running?', the trainer asks, 'What has made exercise hard to stick with in the past?' and then waits while the client thinks it through. Which technique is the trainer using?
1. Rapport
2. Reflection
3. Cueing
4. Open-Ended Questions
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Answer: Open-Ended Questions. A question that can't be answered yes or no invites the client to think and talk: an open-ended question. Reflection is what the trainer does after the answer, paraphrasing it back.
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Question 2 of 3
The day before meeting a new client, a trainer reads the intake form the client submitted online, notes the client's stated goal and a past shoulder issue, and plans which questions to ask. What is this work called?
1. Initial Consultation
2. Health History
3. Pre-Consultation Prep
4. Goal Setting
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Answer: Pre-Consultation Prep. Gathering and reviewing client information before the meeting, so it is productive and personal, is pre-consultation prep. The initial consultation is the meeting itself.
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Question 3 of 3
On the intake form, a client lists a knee surgery in 2019, the blood pressure pills she takes every morning and the asthma she was diagnosed with as a teenager. The trainer reads these before planning anything. What is this part of her file called?
1. Health History
2. Pre-Consultation Prep
3. Chronic Conditions
4. Goal Setting
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Answer: Health History. Past and current medical conditions, surgeries and medications make up the health history. Chronic conditions are the long-term diseases themselves; the health history is the record that lists them.
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What this module is about

Module 5 covers everything that happens before a trainer writes a program. A new client arrives with goals, a history and maybe a few health questions that need a doctor's answer first. This module is about getting all of that right: running a first meeting that builds trust, screening for risk, testing what the client can do today and recording it so that progress can be measured later.

It is the most practical module in the course and the one with the most forms. You will meet standard screening questionnaires, longer health histories and a range of fitness tests. The app links the PAR-Q+ and a sample intake form from the lessons that use them.

The scenario questions here are often about judgment: when to refer a client out, which piece of information is a measurement and which is an opinion, and what to do when a screening answer is yes. Picture the clipboard in your hand and the client across the table.

The five lessons

Initial consultation. The first meeting with a new client: building trust, listening well and finding out what they want before any workout.
Risk & screening. Health screening: the forms, the questions that mean a doctor should look first, and how to sort clients by risk.
Fitness assessments. Testing what a client can do today, from posture and movement quality to strength, endurance and flexibility.
Data collection. Collecting numbers and reports about a client and making sense of them, from body composition to how they feel.
Using feedback. Using what you learn from check-ins and results to change the program, and telling the client why.

58 terms in this module

Consultation skills, screening, assessments and data. The full list of Module 5 term names is in the glossary.

Look-alikes to keep apart

Screening has several steps with similar names. Keep these apart:

PAR-Q or Client Health Questionnaire
The PAR-Q is a short, standard set of yes-or-no questions; a client health questionnaire is a longer, detailed history of conditions, medications and injuries.
Objective Data or Subjective Data
Objective data is measured: heart rate, body fat, a timed test. Subjective data is what the client reports: energy, sleep, how hard it felt.
Assessment or Risk Stratification
An assessment measures where a client is now; risk stratification sorts clients by health risk to decide who needs a doctor's input first.
Medical Clearance or Professional Evaluation
Close enough that the app never tests them against each other. Roughly: the evaluation is the doctor's examination, and the clearance is the written go-ahead that can follow it.

On the exam

In our reading, Module 5 feeds the NCCPT outline's Intake and Ongoing Evaluation area, at 12 percent. See how the exam works.

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