Medical Fitness Facility Director Certification
By offering this certification, MFA is helping to produce the next generation of fitness leaders and raising the bar for an entire industry.
"Exposure to the study materials and industry metrics has been tremendously valuable to me in running my own facilities. Even industry veterans will be well served by pursuing these certifications. I highly recommend it; in fact, we now require it of our facility directors."
Alan Loyd, FACHE, FMFA, CMFFD
Executive Director at Beacon Health & Fitness
Since its inception, the Medical Fitness Association has provided fitness leaders with educational resources, networking opportunities and facility certifications. In addition, MFA offers the Medical Fitness Facility Director professional credential to help you take your career to the next level.
This certification is designed to test your knowledge of fundamental operations of fitness facilities and your understanding of the role fitness facilities play in the future of healthcare.
The Medical Fitness Facility Director Certification ensures that fitness facility directors and aspiring fitness facility directors possess the core knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently manage their centers. This 50-question exam covers knowledge in nine specific content areas relevant to the operation of medically integrated fitness facilities including:
- Risk and Emergency Management
- Finance and Budgeting
- Staffing
- Quality and Outcomes
- Assuring a Safe Environment of Care
- Physician Referral
- Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- General Operations
Possessing the CMFFD demonstrates to employers that you, the Certified Director, are prepared to ensure and sustain a safe environment of care for disease management programming that integrates seamlessly with both the fitness center’s core offerings and the local continuum of care.
MFA helps to prepare facilities and facility managers that are connected to local healthcare to fully meet the needs of the doctors, patients, members, communities and the health systems they serve.
- A resource list is available for reference.
- A copy of the Test Blueprint may be found here.
- A few Sample Test Questions with an explanation of each answer choice may be found here.
Elevate your career by becoming a Certified Medical Fitness Facility Director this year!