Time for medical education to meet the needs of present and future health care professionals by enabling them to provide "teachable moments" of exercise advice, for every contact.

1. A paradigm shift in the education of
health professionals on exercise
medicine
Ann Gates Member of the WHF Emerging Leaders Programme
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2. Prevention
and
treatment
of heart
disease and
stroke
25x25

3. 10%
reduction
in physical
inactivity

4. preventable deaths
why a paradigm shift?
37,000 patient deaths/year from inactivity
“names and faces in every clinic waiting room”

5. An ongoing, global, health crisis….
of physical INACTIVITY with
no medical support!

7. ENOUGH
EVIDENCE for
exercise as a
medicine!
TIME to teach
every health
professional

9. Evidence and practice, reality heart
health/stroke specific/patient storyMaking
Every
Contact
Count for
physical
activity
advice

10. cradle.....
“teachable moments”

11. during…

12. ………..to grave care

13. =
A LOT of
physical activity advice,
every consult!
if……
every TRAINED health professional x over 1 million NHS patients/36 hours

14. 672,973
brief physical activity opportunities
EVERY NHS DAY
every patient

15. education
by
design

16. Resources?……SIMPLES!

17. sharing….

18. a global
workforce
‘fit for purpose’

19. legacy...

20. Dear Superman, RCP, RCS….
asks, needs and hope……….

21. Thank you!
and acknowledgements
* to a lot of very special people*

22. Acknowledgements and disclosures
• Professor Karim Khan, Dr Jim House, Dr Richard Weiler, Mr Ian Ritchie,
Jim Dawton Design, REPSUK, British Nordic Walking
• Dr Brian Johnson, Professor Tahir Masud, Dr Chris Oliver, NASA, NIA, and
all the great clinicians who trained me at the Royal Derby Hospitals,
Derby, UK, PCTs, and Trent Strategic Health Authority
• Professor Ian Hall and Professor James Lowe
• a passionate, physical activity advocate for every patient, every consult!
• founder and director of Exercise Works!
• member of the World Heart Federation (WHF)
• Emerging Leaders Programme 2014

23. resources
• FYSS Physical Activity in Disease Prevention and Disease Treatment
• http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/exercise-for-life-final_0.pdf
• Ann Gates ISBN: 1121850928 Copyright year: 2013, Patient Exercise Sheets, 1st Edition
• http://www.exercise-for-health.com/
• http://gpcpd.walesdeanery.org/index.php/uk-physical-activity-guidelines
• http://www.exercise-works.org/store/
• http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/acsms-exercise-management-for-persons-wchrnc-diseasesdisab-3rd
• http://www.acsm.org/access-public-information/position-stands
• http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/physical-activity-guidelines-for-adults.aspx
• http://www.healthscotland.com/physical-activity.aspx
• http://gpcpd.walesdeanery.org/index.php/uk-physical-activity-guidelines