Survey Data from the First two years of the 'Exercise is Medicine' Elective

Increased physical activity is a powerful way to combat many chronic illnesses. However, education on appropriate instruction of physical activity appears to be insufficient among medical students. Therefore, an elective called Exercise is Medicine was designed and delivered to first and second year medical students at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. The curriculum was developed using American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Clinical Exercise Physiology and ACSM Exercise Testing and Prescription textbooks and other current evidence-based guidelines. Students attended ten weekly sessions, each of which lasted two hours and covered a different chronic disease, or clinical skills such as motivational interviewing.提升身体活动水平是对抗多种慢性疾病的有效策略。然而，当前医学生群体中关于身体活动规范指导的教育仍存在明显不足。为此，西弗吉尼亚骨科医学院（West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine）为一二年级医学生设计并开设了一门名为《运动即医学（Exercise is Medicine）》的选修课程。该课程体系依托美国运动医学会（American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM）的《临床运动生理学》《运动测试与处方》教材，以及其他现行循证指南开发完成。课程共包含10次每周授课，单次时长为2小时，每次课程聚焦一种不同的慢性疾病，或涵盖动机性访谈（motivational interviewing）这类临床技能培训内容。