Dr Robert Sallis (Exercise Is Medicine Advisory Board chairman) offers advice on how to get patients and colleagues engaged with exercise as medicine. Karim Khan (BJSM editor) asks him about his experience promoting this at Kaiser Permanente, and resources and schemes available.
As Dr Sallis is a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine, they also discuss what’s coming up for the organisation.
An update on Exercise Is Medicine 0.51
How to get started with Exercise Is Medicine 2.00
The Everybody Walks scheme 3.00
Getting exercise as a vital sign into consultations 4.11
Referral resources 6.23
How encorporating exercise into healthcare has worked for Kaiser Permanente 11.06
The upcoming triathlon conference in Kona 13.30
ACSM in 2013 15.57
The National Activity Plan in the US 18.49
See also:
Podcast: Exercise on prescription, Mai-Lis Hellénius and Carl Johan Sundberg http://bit.ly/13USrPH
Podcast: Mike Loosemore - how to prescribe exercise http://bit.ly/naC5QV