CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT SPECIALIST     

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COMING SOON!

The Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist is a spin-off project of the editorial board of the Journal of Performance Enhancement - Practical Exercise Science.  We plan to offer a certification program, the Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (CPES) program.  The certification is an advanced supplementary certification that concentrates on various topics related to athletic performance enhancement.  It will be offered for FREE and continuing education units (CEU) will always be FREE.  The certification is designed to be challenging and will involve quite a bit of work.  We hope that it is an example of internet education at its best.

Prerequisites for Certification

1. Candidates must have one of the following:
    a.   BS or BA in an exercise science related field
    b.   or A graduate degree in any science related field
    c.   or A certification from one of the following organizations:

NSCA, AFPA, AFAA, ACE, ACSM, ISSA, SSEG, ASEP, AAHFP, BSMI, Cooper     Institute, IDEA, IFPA, NETA, NFPT, NATA, APTA

* Note: If you have a certification from another organization that you think should be considered contact me via e-mail to discuss it.

Requirements for Certification

1.  Publish a peer reviewed article in JPE.
2.  Accumulate 100 Learning Units (LUs) through our LU exam. (each LU is earned by answering correctly 10-20 questions.  Each series of questions is linked to an online article where the answers can be found.  Accumulating 100 LUs will require the reading of nearly 100 articles and answering over 1 thousand questions.  Many more LUs will be availabe than are necessary so a candidate may pick and choose from many different topics.)

Continuing Education

Accumulating annual CEUs is not required but if you do acquire an additional 10 CEUs we will send you a recertification certificate.

Certification

Certified individuals will be given a certification certificate from JPE and will have their names published on our Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist web site (Along with contact information if you wish and a link to a personal web site or e-mail address).

Online Textbook of Athletic Performance Enhancement

Start studying now for the CPES exam with our online textbook.  It is continually growing and should eventually be quite a comprehensive resource for hard working coaches and athletes.