Exercise as Medicine: How to Write an Exercise Prescription

Overview:

Physical inactivity is linked to an increased risk of many non-communicable diseases including heart disease and yet almost half of US adults do not meet the recommended amount of physical activity. Many patients would like physicians to talk to them about physical activity. However, exercise medicine and physical activity promotion are lacking in the medical education curriculum. During this presentation Dr. Svec will briefly introduce exercise medicine and physical activity promotion. Dr. Svec will provide examples of exercise prescription which can be used to motivate patients to increase their activity level.

Objectives:

1.  Discuss physical inactivity and its correlation to health.
2.  Explain how to introduce exercise medicine and physical activity promotion into patient care.
3.  Define an exercise prescription.

 

Jeff Svec, MD
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Department of Family & Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Financial Disclosures:

Jeff Svec, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Lopez, PsyD, Maureen Alvarado, DO, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Long San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The Long School of Medicine designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu