Certification Renewal

METI Medical Exercise Specialist, Post Rehab Conditioning Specialist and Medical Exercise Program Director certifications have a two-year expiration period. Every two years certified members must complete medical exercise/post rehab-related course work or observation hours in a rehabilitation setting to be eligible for renewal. Beginning in February 2022, in addition to the course work and observation hours, every METI-certified professional must complete the "Medical Exercise Professional Ethics" training.

Medical Exercise Professional Ethics

The required hours for renewal have been revised to 10 hours of combined observation hours and MET education.

You may combine observation hours and medical exercise-related coursework to fulfill the 10-hour requirement. Verification of completion of the observation hours and/or coursework must be submitted with your renewal application and fee. Again, renewal of your certificate is required every two years. Click here to download the certification renewal form and/or observation hours form.

If you obtained your MES, PRCS, or MEPD certification prior to January 2012, but this is your first renewal, we ask you to complete the Medical Exercise Foundations, which is part of the new and updated Medical Exercise Specialist Training series. This will give you updated guidelines and protocols for medical exercise training.

METI tries to make the renewal process as simple as possible. You may submit any course related to medical exercise training or relevant topics as part of your 10 hours. The course(s) submitted for renewal of your certification must be taught by a licensed medical professional (MD, DO, RPT, OTR, RN, LMT, ATC, PA, RN-P, PTA, COTA, or DC). A total of 10 hours of medical exercise training-related coursework and/or observation hours is required for renewal. Please submit copies of course completion certificates with the certification renewal process.

In addition to the 10 hours of coursework and/or observation, each renewal candidate must complete the "Medical Exercise Professional Ethics" training course. Please click the link below for information on accessing the MET Ethics training.

Medical Exercise Professional Ethics 

You may complete hours in a sports medicine, chiropractic, physical therapy, massage therapy, or rehabilitation setting to fulfill the observation hours option for renewal. Simply contact an appropriate facility in your community to set up the observation hours. Have the medical professional under whom you will complete the hours, verify the observation hours on the form. A combination of 10 observation/course hours is required every two years but the more hours you complete the more you see and experience. Observation hours are always beneficial to your learning and the development of referral relationships. Click here to download the observation hours form.

Click the links below to download the METI Renewal Form and Observation Hours Form. Upon completion of the MET Ethics course, you will receive a certificate of completion. The ethics certificate is immediately noted in our office upon your completion. 

If you obtained your MES, PRCS, or MEPD certification prior to January 2012 and have not completed the Medical Exercise Foundations (MXF), this training must be completed in addition to the required for course/observation hours and the MET Ethics course.

The Medical Exercise Foundations (MXF) consists of 2 video modules with the first five lessons from the "Medical Exercise Specialist Training" series. Access to the Foundations may be using the link below. Review the lessons and complete the quizzes for these lessons for renewal. 

 Click Here for Medical Exercise Foundations

As the need for medical exercise training (MET) grows, we are faced with the challenge of maintaining a unified standard of excellence. This requires a clear understanding of how we are expected to conduct ourselves as reputable Certified Medical Exercise Professionals.

This course outlines 30 specific Ethical Standards for Medical Exercise Professionals that clarify those expectations, and provides practical examples of ways to apply them in a wide range of scenarios you will likely encounter during your tenure in this profession.

The course includes:

• 30 Ethical Standards for Medical Exercise Professionals
• In-depth discussions of their real world application
• Competency questions (which will be submitted to the Medical Exercise Training Institute and kept on file).

Course completion time is 60-90 minutes.

Click Here to Access MET Ethics