Exercise is Medicine

The Exercise is Medicine^® (EIM) Advisory Board serves as an ad hoc committee and participates in an advisory capacity to both the EIM Governance Board and EIM staff, providing input on program decision-making, design and execution based on expertise, historical knowledge and industry best practices.

The Advisory Board is comprised of ACSM clinical and scientific experts with a vested interest in the fields of physical activity and health to support the mission of the signature initiative. Advisory Board members are recommended by EIM Governance Board and Committee members and appointed by the ACSM President-Elect.

Advisory Board Members

Robert E. Sallis, M.D., FACSM, Committee Chair,
Thomas Best, M.D., Ph.D., FACSM
Steven Blair, PED, FACSM
Heather Chambliss, Ph.D., FACSM
Margaret Conroy, M.D., MPH, FACSM
Elizabeth A. Joy, M.D., MPH, FACSM
NiCole R. Keith, Ph.D., FACSM
Carol Kennedy-Armbruster, Ph.D., FACSM
Felipe Lobelo, M.D., Ph.D., FACSM
Pamela M. Peeke, M.D., MPH, FACP, FACSM
Edward M. Phillips, M.D., FACSM
Brad Roy, Ph.D., FACSM
Angela D. Smith, M.D., FACSM
Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM
Carena S. Winters, Ph.D., MPH, FACSM

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Gold level recognition is the highest level of recognition and signifies the implementation of one or several components of the EIM Solution on the University campus, with the potential of extending into the local community. Community partnerships provide real world experience for students, while providing service to the local community.

Gold level campuses must assess physical activity as a vital sign.

A Gold level campus must also be engaged in at least (1) of the following:

* My campus assesses their patients' physical activity as a vital sign?

Yes No

* My campus is creating collaborations between university health care professionals and exercise professionals to provide physical activity prescriptions?

Yes No

* My campus has non-clinical professionals/departments directing students, faculty, and/or staff to the recreation center for health and fitness counseling?

Yes No

* My campus has a computer-based system to track patient participation in physical activity interventions?

Yes No

Other:

Silver level recognition includes activities related to awareness and promotion, and incorporates education for the university’s students, faculty, staff, and health care professionals, as well as those in the surrounding community, on EIM and its mission on campus. Silver campuses are actively engaged in educating others on the EIM solution for both the treatment and prevention of long-term illness and disease. University students are educated on the aims of EIM in health care, potentially certified as EIM health fitness professionals, and guided on how they can play a role in making physical activity an integral part of health care.

Silver level campuses must be engaged in at least (3) of the following: * My campus hosts classes that teach students the fundamentals of EIM on Campus and their potential role in fulfilling the mission of EIM?

Yes No

* My campus trains students to educate campus community members on EIM and the importance of physical activity as medicine?

Yes No

* My campus works with campus health services so that every health care provider discusses physical activity with every patient or client?

Yes No

Other:

Bronze level recognition is the first step in creating the EIM initiative on Campus. These campuses bring attention to the growing need for physical activity and take action in helping to create a healthier, more active campus environment.

Bronze level campuses create awareness of the importance of exercise and regular physical activity for health and promote exercise to students, faculty, staff and the community through engagement in any of the following activities. Bronze level campuses must engage in at least (3) of the following:

* My campus hosts events that promote physical activity?

Yes No

* My campus markets events that encourage all campus members to discuss physical activity with their health care professional?

Yes No

* My campus has created options for exercise that are easily accessible to the campus community?

Yes No

* My campus has completed a Mayoral, Governor, or University President EIM on Campus Month Proclamation?

Yes No

Other:

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