Overview

Our clients are increasingly health savvy, and with direct-to-consumer biomarker testing growing rapidly around the world training in this area ensures you can meet the needs of these clients. This course supports wellness professionals in building practical confidence in understanding and discussing common biomarker laboratory reports, while staying firmly within professional scope.

You’ll explore key markers across areas such as metabolic health, hormone patterns, thyroid health, nutrient status, inflammatory indicators, cardiovascular risk, and liver and kidney health. Rather than focusing on diagnosis or treatment, the course teaches you how to support clients in understanding the importance of recognising patterns, in growing their health literacy and importantly their confidence to ask quality questions in health settings, and how to adopt the lifestyle recommendations from their reports. You'll craft quality questions, understand when results may need further investigation, and identify when referral to a medical or allied health professional is appropriate.

Designed for coaches, nutrition and wellness professionals, this course gives you a structured, scope-safe way to make sense of biomarker testing and support more informed, confident client conversations.

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Course details

Explore the online biomarker testing course

Find out how you will learn, what the programme covers and the practical skills you will develop. Open each section for more detail.

  • Self-paced
  • Fully online
  • Practical case studies
  • Essay-free learning
How you will learn Flexible study supported by activities, scenarios, case studies and knowledge checks.

The Professional Certificate in Biomarker Tests and Reports is a practical, self-paced professional development course. The learning is fully referenced and presented step by step, allowing you to build confidence gradually and apply concepts to realistic health, nutrition and wellness contexts.

Apply what you learn Guided activities and realistic client scenarios connect course concepts with professional practice.
Explore real reports Case studies help you practise recognising patterns, adding context and considering next steps.
Check your understanding Repeatable multiple-choice topic quizzes reinforce your learning without formal examinations.
What you will study Five structured modules, from biomarker foundations to safe client conversations.
  1. Introduction to Biomarker TestingWhat biomarkers are, why they are used, common testing methods, reference ranges, optimal ranges and the importance of context.
  2. Understanding the Human Body and SystemsHuman cell function, relevant metabolic and biochemical pathways, and a review of the major body systems.
  3. Biomarker Testing and ReportsReference intervals, sampling methods and factors that may influence results, including timing, preparation, diet, activity, alcohol, supplements and medications.
  4. Biomarker TestsKey markers across metabolic, cardiovascular, liver, kidney, blood, iron, thyroid, nutrient, inflammatory, hormone, microbiome and DNA-related testing.
  5. Exploring Biomarker Reports with ClientsScope-safe communication, client emotions, lifestyle actions, monitoring, record keeping, informed consent, red flags and referral.
What you will be able to do Develop practical, professional skills for understanding and discussing biomarker reports.
  • Explain the role of biomarker testing in health, nutrition, wellness and lifestyle contexts.
  • Identify common biomarkers across metabolic, cardiovascular, liver, kidney, thyroid, hormone, nutrient and inflammatory health.
  • Understand reference ranges, optimal ranges and result patterns without viewing one marker in isolation.
  • Recognise how fasting, timing, exercise, alcohol, supplements, medications and collection methods may affect results.
  • Explore biomarker reports within professional scope, without diagnosing, prescribing or treating.
  • Ask informed questions that add client history, lifestyle, health goals and testing context.
  • Recognise results that may require referral to a medical or allied health professional.
  • Communicate biomarker information clearly, professionally and collaboratively with clients.

From results to meaningful conversations

Build confidence with biomarker testing and laboratory reports

Designed for health coaches, nutrition and wellness, and exercise professionals, this online biomarker testing course builds practical confidence in understanding common biomarker test results, blood test reports and reference ranges. Understand relationships between markers, consider the lifestyle and testing factors that may influence results, communicate report information clearly and identify when referral to a medical or allied health professional is appropriate; without diagnosing or prescribing.

Understand biomarker test results

Build familiarity with common blood biomarkers, reference ranges and the importance of clients viewing results in context.

Recognise patterns in laboratory reports

Explore relationships across metabolic, cardiovascular, thyroid, hormone, nutrient, liver, kidney and inflammatory markers.

Discuss reports confidently with clients

Use clear, supportive language to improve client health literacy and reduce unnecessary health anxiety.

Work safely within your given professional scope

Understand professional boundaries, red flags, referral responsibilities and appropriate next steps.

Support clients to see beyond the numbers. Develop a structured, scope-safe approach to biomarker reports.

“I had the results, but I didn’t know what they meant. My coach helped me make sense of them.”
Janine, AU

Fees

This unit is $499 AUD.
​There are no additional fee's.

Before you enrol

Is this biomarker testing course right for you?

A few important things to know about course suitability, professional use and continuing professional development.

Who is the course for?

The course is open to anyone interested in biomarker testing. To apply the learning professionally, you should hold, at minimum, an accredited health coaching qualification and always work within your professional scope and insurance cover.

Open enrolment

Can I take it as an elective in my Well College Coaching Programme?

No. This is a continuing professional development course designed to provide specialist knowledge.

Standalone certificate

Insurance and CPD considerations

This training falls within continuing professional development, ensure you refer to your scope of practice, membership body, or insurer for details around the use of biomarker tests in your practice. You may also wish to speak with BGi UK/EU for specific cover in these regions.

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Tests explored in this detailed programme include:

Biomarker testing

Our Partners

We work with established biomarker testing providers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, helping health professionals and individuals explore how modern testing services and reports. In particular we have collaborated with the below organisations.

Australian partner

i-screen Australia

i-screen provides access to private blood tests, health screening and practitioner-reviewed biomarker insights across Australia.

Visit i-screen Australia

United Kingdom partner

forth

Forth provides at-home blood testing, clinician-reviewed results and personalised biomarker insights for clients across the United Kingdom.

Visit Forth UK
Health literacy is a significant part of improving the health and wellbeing our our communities. We all have a role to play in growing and nurturing the health agency and literacy of our clients. ​Attempts to limit education or shared knowledge is in many cases counterproductive to wellness.