By Declan Boffa 2017 was a jam-packed year for us here at Sports Medicine Australia (SMA). We held our position as the top national umbrella body for sports medicine and sports science and continued to strengthen our ties with BJSM as a member society. Here’s a summary of our year as well as what we’re looking forward to […]
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Exercise medicine resources launched for health and social care students
*Media Release* Working with the Council of Deans of Health, Exercise Works! has launched the latest update of its physical activity and health resources designed specifically to support teaching in undergraduate health programmes. The “Movement for Movement” resources equip health and social care students to promote physical activity in the prevention and treatment of disease. […]
MOOCs: Marvellous or Moot for Exercise Medicine and Physical Activity?
By Chris Oliver @CyclingSurgeon, Mairi Buchan, and Jo Hilton Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become increasingly popular over the past few years. Especially after successful early MOOCs such as “Circuits and Electronics” by American Universities, Harvard and MIT [1]. In their simplest form MOOCs are vehicles for delivering information on a topic to an […]
Thoughts and impressions midway through the FIFA Sports Medicine Diploma
By Nash Anderson I first heard about the FIFA Sports Medicine Diploma in 2015 and was impressed to hear that a free course existed from the sporting organisation body FIFA.1 I started the course in June 2016 for two reasons. Firstly, I had more free time this year and I was curious to see this […]
Physical Inactivity and the Clinical Champions Programme
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective – A BJSM blog series By Dr Dane Vishnubala @danevishnubala Earlier this year, Public Health England (PHE) put out a job advert for GP Clinical Champions. The job involved educating clinicians on: (i) the benefits of physical activity in primary and secondary prevention of disease and (ii) the […]
Clinical Reasoning in Exercise and Performance Rehabilitation (February and March 2016), registrar now!
ACPSEM Course – Clinical Reasoning in Exercise & Performance Rehabilitation Part 1- 6th & 7th February 2016 Part 2- 12th & 13th March 2016 This course is open to qualified physiotherapists The tutor team will be: Dr Nicola Phillips, Tim Sharp, Lynn Booth, Dr Phil Glasgow, Chris McNicholl and Caryl Becker. Each of our tutors have many years of […]
Undergraduate Physiotherapists at Sheffield Hallam University use Interdisciplinary Exercise Medicine Resources
By Anna Lowe In 2014 Exercise Works! (an organisation that promotes the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases) made huge steps forward to enhance the exercise-related content of medical undergraduate curricula. The project “Training tomorrow’s doctors, in exercise medicine, for tomorrow’s patients” (Tomorrow’s Doctors), funded by Public Health England, led to the development of exercise […]
Highlights from the BASEM Exercise in Health and Disease Course
By Manroy Sahni (@manroysahni) Unfortunately, the vast majority of medical schools dedicate very little teaching time to the health benefits of physical activity and how to deliver lifestyle advice to patients that would profit. As such, this course stood out as an opportunity to gain some background knowledge and learn practical tips from the experts […]
Expedition medicine’s role in sports and exercise medicine training
By Phil Clelland Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective – A BJSM blog series This summer, I worked for British Exploring as the senior medic on their Project New Horizons expedition and provided medical cover for 67 participants during a three week trip to North West Iceland. This expedition aimed to inspire young people […]
Passionate about proactive healthcare? Look no further…#MET2015
Move Eat Treat is a movement to equip all healthcare practitioners with the skills to positively influence their patients’ lifestyle choices, fostering a healthy and happy Great Britain. As follow-up from our groundbreaking inaugural summit in 2013, we invite you to join us at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) in London on […]