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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Prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke

25x25

10% reduction in physical inactivity

preventable deaths

why a paradigm shift?

37,000 patient deaths/year from inactivity

“names and faces in every clinic waiting room”

An ongoing, global, health crisis….

of physical INACTIVITY withno medical support!

ENOUGH EVIDENCE for exercise as a medicine!

TIME to teach every health professional

Evidence and practice, reality heart health/stroke specific/patient storyMaking

Every Contact Count for physical activity advice

cradle.....

“teachable moments”

during…

………..to grave care

=

A LOT of physical activity advice,

every consult!

if……every TRAINED health professional x over 1 million NHS patients/36 hours

672,973 brief physical activity opportunities

EVERY NHS DAY

every patient

educationby

design

Ambition

wanted!

sharing….

a global workforce

‘fit for purpose’

legacy...

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

Thank you!and acknowledgements

* to a lot of very special people*

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

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