ACSM Certification Exam Testing Windows: What Faculty Need to Know
Starting February 2025, the ACSM Certification Board (CCRB) implemented a 3-month testing-window structure as a part of the new ACSM association management system (AMS) and to align with credentialing best practices. Exam Coupon Expiration Dates and Testing Windows Are Different 1. Coupon Expiration When an academic program purchases or requests discounted ACSM exam coupons, those coupons carry an expiration date: 2. Testing Window The 3-month testing window starts when a student submits the application for the exam (i.e., completes the ACSM exam application and applies the institution’s voucher code). Once that application is approved, the student […]
CCRB to Provide Commonly Used Equations on ACSM Certification Examinations
Effective July 10, 2025, the ACSM Committee on Certification and Registry Board (CCRB) will provide commonly used metabolic equations and reference formulas on the exercise physiologist (ACSM-EP) and clinical exercise physiologist (ACSM-CEP) certification exams. These resources will be accessible to candidates during the exam and are drawn from the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 12th Edition (GETP12): The […]
Decoding the 2024 Paper of the Year: Bringing Sleep, Metabolism, and Exercise into the Undergraduate Classroom
ESSR’s 2024 Paper of the Year features a visual abstract, video abstract and journal club questions that easily bring the topic of sleep, metabolism and exercise into the classroom.
ACSM Certification Exams to Reflect GETP 12 Effective July 10, 2025
As part of ACSM Committee on Certification and Registry Board’s (CCRB) ongoing commitment to professional standards, practice, and scientific integrity, all ACSM certification exams will reflect the 12th edition of the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (GETP 12) beginning July 10, 2025. While GETP 12 incorporates the latest scientific evidence and refinements in […]
“Sex Differences in Athletic Performance: Perspectives on Transgender Athletes”: ESSR 2023 Paper of the Year in the University Classroom
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)’s journal, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (ESSR), awarded the “2023 Paper of the Year” designation to Sex Differences in Athletic Performance: Perspectives on Transgender Athletes (Volume 51, July 2023), collaborated on by authors Natalie J. Nokoff, Jonathan Senefeld, Csilla Krausz, Sandra Hunter, and Michael Joyner. The manuscript provides an overview of sex-based […]
5 Tips to Practically Integrate Lippincott® Connect and ACSM Material in the Classroom
In recent years, every college professor at universities big and small has been faced with the fundamental question of how to adapt course materials into a digital platform. Each one of us must find the platform that fits, adapts, and is amicable to our needs as well as the needs of our department’s curriculum and […]
ACSM’s Essentials of Exercise Oncology | Q&A With the Authors
Released in July 2024, ACSM’s Essentials of Exercise Oncology, was written by leading experts to provide an approachable introduction to exercise oncology and unparalleled preparation for those preparing for credentialing in exercise oncology. Drs. Schmitz, Schwartz, and Campbell shared more about some of the changes that readers can expect to see in this new book. A […]
ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Physiology, 2nd Edition | Q&A With Editors Walt Thompson and Cemal Ozemek
Released in January 2024, ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Physiology, 2nd Edition, is updated to include the latest advancements and current best practice recommendations. Led by editors Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, ACSM-CEP, RCEP, P.D., and Cemal Ozemek, Ph.D., ACSM-CEP, FACSM, a team of international experts provide an evidence-based approach to exercise as intervention for more than 35 […]
Clinical Curriculum Series Available from Current Sports Medicine Reports
The Clinical Curriculum Series published in Current Sports Medicine Reports (CSMR), was created to assist those working in graduate medical education and those in residency faculty positions. This series has been a point of emphasis and interest to CSMR readers since its launch in 2020. “I am very excited and proud of how this came together. What started as […]
6 Tips for Getting Your Students to ACSM Meetings and Events
The ACSM Health & Fitness Summit and ACSM Regional Chapter meetings are great opportunities for exercise science and sports medicine students of all stripes, whether undergrad or graduate, to expand their horizons in their chosen field. But of course, it isn’t always easy to get students to commit to events like these. For one, students […]
