Professional Competencies of Health and Fitness Instructors: Do they Match the European Standard?

IF 0.9 4区医学 Q4 REHABILITATION

Kinesiology Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI:10.26582/K.50.2.16

R. Jankauskiene, S. Pajaujiene

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the competencies of a nationally representative sample of health and fitness (H&F) instructors according to EuropeActive’s educational standards at level 3 referenced to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), and to explore the associations between the formal education of fitness instructors and their current competencies. The core knowledge (CK) of 155 fitness and group fitness instructors (FI) and the specific knowledge (SK) of 54 FI and 35 group fitness instructors (GFI) were analysed. In addition, 43 FI and 35 GFI underwent an examination of their practical skills. Only n=11 (7.1%) of the H&F instructors met the requirements for the CK. We found no significant differences by age, gender, education, type of employment, and professional experience. No FI passed the test for SK. Only 10 (15.6%) of the GFI passed the SK. Only three instructors passed the overall examination for the educational standards at EQF-level 3. The results highlight the importance of testing the competencies of H&F instructors in other European countries, and promoting the need for lifelong learning for fitness instructors. The competences of H&F instructors are an important source of trust for healthcare providers and other sector stakeholders implementing the strategy for the prevention of non-communicable diseases.

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健康和健身教练的专业能力:他们是否符合欧洲标准?

本研究的目的是根据欧洲资格框架(EQF)，根据欧洲活动的三级教育标准，测试具有全国代表性的健康和健身(H&F)教练的能力，并探讨健身教练的正规教育与他们目前的能力之间的联系。分析155名健身教练和团体健身教练(FI)的核心知识(CK)和54名健身教练和35名团体健身教练(GFI)的具体知识(SK)。此外，43 FI和35 GFI接受了实践技能考试。只有n=11(7.1%)的H&F教员符合CK的要求。我们发现年龄、性别、教育程度、就业类型和专业经验没有显著差异。没有教员通过SK考试，只有10名教员(15.6%)通过SK考试，只有3名教员通过eqf - 3级教育标准综合考试。研究结果强调了在其他欧洲国家测试H&F教练能力的重要性，并促进了健身教练终身学习的必要性。卫生和家庭教师的能力是保健提供者和其他部门利益攸关方执行预防非传染性疾病战略的重要信任来源。

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Kinesiology REHABILITATION-SPORT SCIENCES

CiteScore

1.90

自引率

8.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Kinesiology – International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Kinesiology (print ISSN 1331- 1441, online ISSN 1848-638X) publishes twice a year scientific papers and other written material from kinesiology (a scientific discipline which investigates art and science of human movement; in the meaning and scope close to the idiom “sport sciences”) and other adjacent human sciences focused on sport and exercise, primarily from anthropology (biological and cultural alike), medicine, sociology, psychology, natural sciences and mathematics applied to sport in its broadest sense, history, and others. Contributions of high scientific interest, including also results of theoretical analyses and their practical application in physical education, sport, physical recreation and kinesitherapy, are accepted for publication. The following sections define the scope of the journal: Sport and sports activities, Physical education, Recreation/leisure, Kinesiological anthropology, Training methods, Biology of sport and exercise, Sports medicine and physiology of sport, Biomechanics, History of sport and Book reviews with news.