MET 101 eBook Tip 50 - The Ultimate Guardrail - Why MET Criteria Are for Safety
Why MET Criteria Are for Safety, Not Management
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.
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