The only prescription
with unlimited refills.
Regular exercise (150 minutes per week)
lowers risk of developing heart disease,
high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke and
Alzheimer’s disease. What prescription
medication can say all that?
Ask your healthcare professional how
you can benefit from an exercise
prescription.
www.exerciseismedicine.ca
EIM Global Partners:
Founding Partner
EIMC Advisory Council
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Canadian Academy for Sport and Exercise Medicine
Canadian Kinesiology Alliance
Canadian Physiotherapy Association
Dietitians of Canada
Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning in Sport and
Exercise Psychology
Royal College of Chiropractic Sport Sciences (Canada)
Clinical Exercise Professional Representative
Contact: Susan Yungblut
Director, Exercise Is Medicine Canada: syungblut@csep.ca
What if there was
one prescription
that could
prevent and treat
dozens of diseases,
such as diabetes,
hypertension and obesity?
Would you prescribe it to
your patients?
Certainly.
-Robert E. Sallis, M.D., FACSM,
Exercise is Medicine™ Task Force Chairman
Exercise Is Medicine Canada
Vision
“Physical activity is an integral part of
prevention and treatment of chronic disease
in the Canadian Health Care System.”
Goals:
•Increase the number of health care professionals
assessing, prescribing and counseling patients in
physical activity.
•Increase the number of Canadians meeting the
Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines and
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines.
•Encourage appropriate use of qualified exercise
professionals in the prevention and treatment of
chronic disease.
Health Care Professionals and
Exercise Professionals
Shared role in
promoting and
prescribing
physical
activity
EXERCISE
VITAL SIGN
How to determine the Exercise
Vital Sign:
1.Determine a patients current
activity levels
2.Compare to CSEP Physical
Activity Guidelines
“Ask Every Patient
Every Time”
Exercise is Medicine on Campus
Fosters early collaborative interprofessional relationships between
exercise and health care professionals
supporting the EIMC vision and goals.
Exercise is Medicine on Campus
Best practices:
•Recruit a faculty member for support and
guidance.
•Apply for formal university club status.
•Invite interdisciplinary colleagues.
•Promote initiative through FB and Twitter,
and/or a website.
•Flexible approach - each campus puts its’
talents and passion toward its interests.
•Set attainable goals but think BIG!
•Have fun!
Exercise is Medicine on Campus
Project ideas:
• Promote EIM philosophy with campus
student health services
• Connect student health services with
community resources
• Host campus events highlighting fun and
benefits of exercise for student health and
stress management
• Host interdisciplinary speaker series and
invite community health care
professionals
Exercise is Medicine on Campus
What are other universities doing?
• Community information symposium with
multidisciplinary/ inter-faculty expert speakers
• Present at medical school and local hospital
grand rounds.
• Work with Student Health Services and local
Family Health Team to develop electronic
exercise prescription form for the clinic.
• Promote EIMC through social media
• Active Easter Egg Hunt for 1st year students!
EIMC On Campus – Draft Statements
Mission - To foster collaborative inter-professional
relationships and leadership skills on campus
between exercise, health and other disciplines that
support the EIMC vision and goals.
Vision - As the future health leaders of our country,
students across multiple disciplines will discover and
share the principles of EIMC that will help change the
landscape of chronic disease prevention and
management in Canada.
EIMC On Campus – Draft Goal Statements
Influence health professional schools to incorporate the benefits of
exercise into course curriculum, and EIMC principles in
practice
Raise awareness of the importance of, and ways to incorporate
exercise into student/faculty daily life for health and wellness
Encourage student/faculty involvement in campus exercise
initiatives and opportunities
Provide information and resources to involve campus and
community healthcare providers in advocating and supporting
exercise prescription and referral as a prevention and
treatment strategy
Have fun creating change with new friends and colleagues!
Potential EIMC on Campus Committee
Positions:
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President
Vice-president
Secretary
Promotions Coordinator(s)
Communications Coordinator(s)
Finance Manager
Exercise is Medicine on Campus
Students and faculty in the health care
professions, exercise science, health studies or
administration with an interest in starting an
Exercise is Medicine on Campus group should
contact:
Susan Yungblut,
Director, Exercise is Medicine Canada
syungblut@csep.ca
exerciseismedicine.ca