MET 101 Tip 49: Protect Your Practice and Clients Using MET Criteria
Welcome to a milestone in our MET 101 series! In Tip 50, Dr. Mike tackles a highly anticipated follow-up question regarding Medical Exercise (ME) criteria: How will the MET criteria help me manage my clients?
The answer might surprise you: The criteria will not help you manage the client through the MET program.
Instead, Dr. Mike emphasizes that the criteria are fundamentally a safety tool, rather than a management tool. Their primary purpose is to act as a strict guardrail designed to prevent medically unstable clients from entering an ME program. If a client requires the medical stabilization skills of a physician, nurse, or physician's assistant, working with them falls far outside a MedExPRO's scope of practice and ethical range. Adhering to these criteria ensures you have the greatest opportunity to produce a positive functional outcome, while simultaneously keeping you out of "hot water" and professional liability.
A Crucial Note for Practice Owners If you own a medical exercise training practice, you must be vigilant with your staff. Dr. Mike points out that younger, more eager medical exercise professionals often want to prove their skills by working with absolutely everyone. It is your responsibility to look over their shoulders. At the end of the day, ask your staff to summarize their new client assessments and verify that every client explicitly met the ME criteria before beginning a program.
Building a Culture of Peer Review In the broader medical community, professionals consistently review each other's work because it is easy to get tunnel vision and focus on the wrong thought process. MedExPROs must adopt this same culture of looking out for one another and sharing information to elevate the quality of care across the board.
Have questions about your assessment process? Dr. Mike invites you to email him directly at drmikepostrehab.com.
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