Course · 8 learning hours

Red Flags and Referral: When to Send a Client to a Physician

The presentations that need a physician today, the ones that need one soon, and how to refer without alarming a client or overstepping.

Recognizing that something is outside your scope is not practicing medicine. It is the opposite: it is knowing where your work ends and making sure the client gets to the right place.

What this course does not do

It does not teach diagnosis. It does not qualify anyone to assess, interpret, or treat any medical condition, and nothing in it should be used that way. Every module is oriented toward a single decision: does this client need to see a physician, and how soon.

Why practitioners avoid this

Two fears, both common. That raising a concern will frighten a client, and that mentioning a medical possibility oversteps. The course addresses both directly, with language you can use that neither diagnoses nor dismisses.

What you will leave with

A referral protocol for your own practice, phrasing you have rehearsed, and a clear internal threshold for same-day, soon, and monitor.

How the course runs

Self-paced across eight modules with case-based assessments. Certificate of completion states hours and date and carries a verification link.

What the course covers
  1. Why referral literacy is a safety skill, not a medical one
  2. Cardiovascular presentations that require same-day care
  3. Neurological red flags
  4. Unexplained weight loss, night pain, and other systemic signals
  5. Mental health crisis and duty of care
  6. Medication interactions worth knowing about
  7. The referral conversation: language that helps
  8. Documenting a referral
Who this is for. Practitioners in hands-on, nutritional, or coaching work who see clients presenting with physical symptoms. This course is continuing education. It does not qualify anyone to begin practice and is not training for entry into an occupation.
Enrollment

$395

Enrollment opens with the founding cohort. Join the list and we will write to you once, when this course opens. No other email.

ICONIC Academy awards certificates of completion for continuing professional education. It is not a degree-granting institution and does not offer degrees of any kind. Certificates are not licenses, do not confer any scope of practice, and are not a qualification to begin practice. Courses are intended for practitioners already working in their field.