Screening for Medical Clearance

​Assignment A1:
Primer on Screening
Instructions:
​Learn the 12 points about screening for medical clearance and complete the quiz below.
Primer on Screening for Medical Clearance
  1. Certified Sports Med-Tech Assistants do NOT determine Medical Clearance for medical-fitness services.
  2. Only licensed Medical Doctors are authorized to determine Medical Clearance.
  3. Certified Sports Med-Tech Assistants use the screening tool to simply determine the NEED for Medical Clearance.
  4. Most individuals do NOT need Medical Clearance in order to safely participate in medical-fitness services.
  5. "Screening for Medical Clearance" is the protocol (standardized procedure) that Sports Med-Tech Assistants follow to determine whether an individual needs to obtain Medical Clearance or not in order to participate in medical-fitness services.
  6. The screening procedure is designed to answer the question: "Does this individual need to obtain Medical Clearance?"
  7. If an individual is screened as "Positive," the answer is: Yes, the individual NEEDS to obtain Medical Clearance.
  8. If an individual is screened as "Negative," the answer is: No, the individual does NOT need to obtain Medical Clearance.
  9. Sports Med-Tech Assistants should NOT assume that an individual referred by a physician for medical-fitness services has already been "Medically Cleared" and therefore does not need to be screened for medical clearance.
  10. An individual's signature on an "Informed Consent" regarding medical-fitness services does NOT remove the need to screen for medical clearance.
  11. Every individual needs to be SCREENED for medical clearance before participating in medical-fitness services.
  12. Screening for medical clearance involves a series of 1-3 simple questions, depending on the individual's responses.
QUIZ A1