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Exercise Physiology As A Healthcare Profession [electronic resource] : Tomorrow and Beyond
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boone, Tommy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinical exercise physiology--Practice.
- Exercise--Physiological aspects.
- Exercise physiologists.
- Clinical exercise physiology.
- Exercise physiologists--Physiological aspects.
- Exercise.
- Role.
- Personality.
- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena.
- Human Activities.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Group Processes.
- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena.
- Psychology, Social.
- Professional Role.
- Leadership.
- Medical Subjects:
- Role.
- Personality.
- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena.
- Human Activities.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Group Processes.
- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena.
- Psychology, Social.
- Exercise.
- Professional Role.
- Leadership.
- Local Subjects:
- Clinical exercise physiology--Practice.
- Exercise--Physiological aspects.
- Exercise physiologists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (386 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a book about the future of exercise physiology as a healthcare profession. It is not a book about exercise physiology as a research discipline, but about you, the student of exercise physiology, and about the academic exercise physiologists, and how they can create a credible future for their students. This book was written with the express purpose of talking about the change process and how it is needed for exercise physiologists to work in healthcare. For instance, there are chapters about giving shape to the future, professionalism and leadership, and the courage to do what seems to
- Contents:
- EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSION: Tomorrow and Beyond; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Need for Change; Chapter 1 - The Challenges of Change; Chapter 2 - Understanding Exercise Physiology; Chapter 3 - Today's Exercise Physiologist; Chapter 4 - Overcoming Professional Apathy; Part II: The Future and Healthcare; Chapter 5 - The Professional Organization; Chapter 6 - A Look to the Future; Chapter 7 - Healthcare Professionals; Chapter 8 - Giving Shape to the Future; Part III: Professionalism and Leadership
- Chapter 9 - In Search of ExcellenceChapter 10 - Language of Professionalism; Chapter 11 - The Leadership Challenge; Chapter 12 - The New Exercise Physiology; Part IV: The Courage of Change; Chapter 13 - Leading Changes Requires Guts; Chapter 14 - The Dream; Chapter 15 - The Impossible; Chapter 16 - The Courage to Get Involved; Chapter 17 - Facing Challenges Head On; Part V: Facing Reality; Chapter 18 - Politics and Free Speech; Chapter 19 - Questioning Popular Thinking; Chapter 20 - There is Hope!; Chapter 21 - Moral Courage; Part VI: Speaking From the Heart; Chapter 22 - From the Heart
- Chapter 23 - Economy and College ApplicationsEpilogue; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1765-6
- OCLC:
- 828299231
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