Exercise is Medicine

May is EIM Month - Let's get moving!

Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) encourages health care providers to include exercise when designing treatment plans for patients. EIM is committed to the belief that exercise and physical activity are integral to the prevention and treatment of chronic disease and should be regularly assessed as part of medical care. Along with the National Physical Activity Plan, EIM strives to make physical activity a “vital sign” that is routinely assessed at every patient interaction with a health care provider.

Each May the ACSM family celebrates Exercise is Medicine Month by uniting to advocate for the integration of physical activity within clinical care, connecting patients and providers with evidence-based fitness resources.

Given current gym and community center closures as well as social distancing guidelines, EIM Month may look a little different at your facility, health system, campus or institution this year. That’s ok. What’s most important is reminding and encouraging people to be active while following current government guidelines. Consider using these Exercise is Medicine resources to promote maintaining an active routine during this period of isolation and stress.

Here are a few simple ways for you to participate in EIM Month:

Individuals
- Follow these tips to stay active during COVID-19
- Share our COVID-19 and exercise resources through your social media accounts
- Follow EIM on Twitter and Facebook and share new resources with your network
- Sign up to receive monthly EIM updates and new resources
Health Care Providers
- Share resources from EIM’s COVID-19 and Exercise webpage to help patients or clients stay active during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Listen to recent episodes of The Sports Medicine Checkup podcast by ACSM for discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic and work-life balance strategies to prevent physician burnout
- Use the EIM Rx Form to prescribe physical activity to your patients
- Share EIM’s Rx for Health Series handouts with patients to support your physical activity recommendations
- Review the Health Care Providers’ Action Guide to ensure you prescribe physical activity in the right dosage
Health Fitness Professionals
- Expand your expertise by becoming an EIM Credentialed professional
- Check out our Exercise Professionals’ Action Guide for tips to implement EIM in your business or facility
- Access resources to support your clients in a virtual/online environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
University / College Faculty
- Join our free EIM On Campus program and access tools to promote physical activity as a vital sign of health on your campus
- Already registered for EIM On Campus? Share EIM COVID-19 and exercise resources with your advisory team and students

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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:

* Contact Person/Program Director:

* Resource Type (check all that apply):
Clinic or Hospital (inpatient) Community
Clinic or Hospital (outpatient) Home Based
Cancer Exercise Professional Digital/Online
Research Study

* What age groups are included (check all that apply)?
Adult Pediatric

* What cancer types are included in your program?

* What stages of treatment are included (check all that apply)?
Curative    Palliative
During Treatment    Post Treatment
Rehabilitation    Prehabilitation

* Who refers into the program? (How do clients access your program?) (check all that apply)
Client Clinician
Other

* What are the qualifications of the instructors?

* Is there a baseline safety evaluation of the client?

* If yes, performed by whom (check all that apply)?
Instructor Physician
Other

* What is the program duration? (e.g.; 12 weeks, 1 year)

* What is the frequency of sessions per week?

* Are sessions conducted in groups or individualized (check all that apply)?
Group Individualized

* How many years has the program been running?

* How many clients go through your program per year?

* Has your program ever been evaluated or audited?

* Please include a brief description (250 words or less) summarizing the above information:

* Who filled out this form?

* What is your role in the program?

Here are a few simple ways for you to participate in EIM Month:

Individuals
- Follow these tips to stay active during COVID-19
- Share our COVID-19 and exercise resources through your social media accounts
- Follow EIM on Twitter and Facebook and share new resources with your network
- Sign up to receive monthly EIM updates and new resources
Health Care Providers
- Share resources from EIM’s COVID-19 and Exercise webpage to help patients or clients stay active during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Listen to recent episodes of The Sports Medicine Checkup podcast by ACSM for discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic and work-life balance strategies to prevent physician burnout
- Use the EIM Rx Form to prescribe physical activity to your patients
- Share EIM’s Rx for Health Series handouts with patients to support your physical activity recommendations
- Review the Health Care Providers’ Action Guide to ensure you prescribe physical activity in the right dosage
Health Fitness Professionals
- Expand your expertise by becoming an EIM Credentialed professional
- Check out our Exercise Professionals’ Action Guide for tips to implement EIM in your business or facility
- Access resources to support your clients in a virtual/online environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
University / College Faculty
- Join our free EIM On Campus program and access tools to promote physical activity as a vital sign of health on your campus
- Already registered for EIM On Campus? Share EIM COVID-19 and exercise resources with your advisory team and students

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May is EIM Month - Let's get moving!

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