Resources
Study the references the board already named.
The International Board of Examiners publishes a standard of reference. We teach to those texts. We do not invent a parallel canon, and we do not sell you a substitute binder.
Standard of reference
Start here, then use your 100-hour notes
The board has said the best study materials remain the notes from a 100-hour basic course taught by a certified teaching Diplomate. The titles below are the published references that exam items are drawn from.
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Applied Kinesiology Synopsis, 2nd Edition
Primary standard of reference for the diplomate examination.
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AK Flow Chart Manual
Clinical decision trees used throughout board-standard procedure.
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Applied Kinesiology Workshop Manual 2000–2007
Source material from the founder; several exam items still draw from this lineage.
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Common Glandular Dysfunctions
Glandular and metabolic patterns that appear in the nutrition domain.
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Applied Kinesiology: The Missing Link in Health Care
Contemporary clinical synthesis useful for papers and case language.
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Your 100-hour course notes
The International Board of Examiners still calls these the best place to start.
Titles and authors are listed as educational references. Acquire them through the publishers or booksellers the board recommends. Some Goodheart research tapes and yearly notes have been reported unavailable; we teach around that gap rather than pretending it does not exist.
Paper Studio notes
Two original papers must meet IBE guidelines. Typical failure modes we see: a case report with no question, a literature review with no AK procedure, and a methods section that cannot be repeated. Bring a draft. We mark it like an editor, not a cheerleader.
- One clinical question per paper
- Methods a colleague could actually run
- Board-standard terminology, not clinic nicknames
- Figures that earn their caption
What we will not do
We will not leak live examination items, sell recertification credits we do not control, or tell unlicensed practitioners they can sit. Applied kinesiology, as the college defines it, is for professionals licensed to diagnose.