Professional Conduct Flashcards
Referral Network - Potential Resources - 1 of 8 - Instructors
Instructors of classes outside of GFI’s expertise
Referral Network - Potential Resources - 2 of 8 - Personal
Personal trainers
Referral Network - Potential Resources - 3 of 8 - Health
Health coaches
Referral Network - Potential Resources - 4 of 8 - Certified
Certified medical exercise specialists
Referral Networks - Potential Resources - 5 of 8 - Support
Support groups (bariatric surgery, cancer survivors, and overeaters anonymous)
Referral Networks - Potential Resources - 6 of 8 - Massage
Massage Therapists
Referral Networks - Potential Resources - 7 of 8 - Registered
Registered dietitians
Referral Networks - Potential Resources - 8 of 8 Physical
Physical therapists
Referral Networks - Pertinent Questions - 1 of 3 - Do
Do they have the proper licensure or certification?
Referral Networks - Pertinent Questions - 2 of 3 - Can
Can they provide a list of references?
Referral Networks - Pertinent Questions - 3 of 3 - How
How many years of experience do they have?
The exclusive right, for a certain number of years, to perform, make, and distribute copies and otherwise use an artistic, musical, or literary work.
Copyright - Definition
Minimizing the risks of potential legal liability.
Risk Management - Definition
Legal responsibility
Liability - Definition
Appropriateness of an exercise professional’s actions in light of current professional standards and based on the age, condition, and knowledge of the participant.
Standard of Care - Definition
Failure to a person to perform as a reasonable and prudent professional would perform under similar circumstances.
Negligence - Definition
Negligence - GFI Components - 1 of 2 - Failure
Failure to Act
“not doing something that should have been done and doing something that should not have been done”
Negligence - GFI Components - 2 of 2 - Reasonable
Reasonable and prudent
“What would a reasonable, competent, and prudent GFI do in a similar situation?”
Charge of Negligence - Elements - 1 of 4 - Duty
The defendant had a duty to protect the plaintiff from injury
Charge of Negligence - Elements - 2 of 4 - Standard of Care
That the defendant failed to exercise the standard of care necessary to perform that duty
Charge of Negligence - Elements - 3 of 4 -Injury
That such failure was the proximate cause of an injury
Charge of Negligence - Elements - 4 of 4 - Damage
That the injury caused damage to occur to the plaintiff