Free Continuing Professional Education Webinar for Nurses and Dietitians

Exercise is Medicine: Understanding the Evidence

"If we had a pill that conferred all the benefits of exercise, we would recommend it to every patient. It is time we all started encouraging our patients to take this free medication!"

Robert Sallis, MD, FAAFP, FACSM
Immediate Past President
American College of Sports Medicine
Chairman, Exercise is Medicine

OVERVIEW:

Physical inactivity has an astonishing breadth of harmful health effects and the association between an inactive and unfit way of life persists in virtually every subgroup of the population. On the contrary, physical activity has a powerful effect on both the treatment and prevention of almost every chronic disease, including obesity. As the costs associated with such diseases have soared, it is clear that physical inactivity is one of the major public health problems of our time.

Join Dr. Robert E. Sallis, chairman for the Exercise is Medicine initiative and immediate past- president of the American College of Sports Medicine, for this lively presentation on the growing evidence supporting the health benefits of physical activity and the role of health professionals in Exercise is Medicine (EIM). Exercise is Medicine is a new global initiative started by the American College of Sports Medicine and supported in partnership with the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). Dr. Sallis will discuss the EIM program and how to make physical activity assessment and exercise prescription a standard part of the disease prevention and treatment paradigm for all patients.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the conclusion of this lecture, attendees will be able to:

1. Explain the impact of physical activity in terms of:
   • Prevention of disease.
   • Reduction in mortality rates (especially DM and cancer).
   • Positive effects in older adults and kids.
   • Exercise as a clinical intervention for disease.
   • Beneficial effect of muscle strength on health outcomes.
2. Describe the key components of a beneficial exercise program and how to prescribe exercise in a clinical setting.
3. Explain how to incorporate physical activity as a vital sign and utilize this information to enhance patient care.
4. Implement a health promotion model into their practice that includes routine encouragement toward an active lifestyle.

This program is sponsored by the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company's Beverage Institute for Heath & Wellness (BIHW) of the Coca-Cola Company. It is being presented by The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) through an educational grant from The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of the Coca-Cola Company.

SPEAKER:

Robert E. Sallis, M.D., FACSM, serves as the chairman for the Exercise is Medicine initiative and previously served as president (2007-08) of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Dr. Sallis received his Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and his medical degree from Texas A&M University. He completed his residency in family medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, Calif., where he served as chief resident. He has served as the head team physician at Pomona College since 1988, and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in sports medicine. Dr. Sallis lectures and publishes extensively in the area of sports medicine and serves as chairman of the Science Advisory Committee to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. He received the 2008 Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and the 2009 Leonardo da Vinci award for international leadership in sports medicine from the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine. Dr. Sallis currently serves as editor-in-chief of ACSM's clinical journal, Current Sports Medicine Reports.

MODERATOR:

Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP is President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) and the Coordinator of the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Program at Meriter Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, a member of the American Heart Association and serves on the National Physical Activity and Metabolism Council’s Obesity Committee.