Mitchell Cameron, DeMartino Samantha, Ivers Lauren, Brown Abigail, Maccabee Emily, Griffith Brian, Pankey Christopher L
Department of Biomedical Sciences, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 400 Lee St, Lewisburg, WV 24901 USA.
Med Sci Educ. 2024 Oct 25;35(1):227-232. doi: 10.1007/s40670-024-02172-z. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Lifestyle changes are a powerful way to combat many chronic illnesses. However, education on appropriate instruction of physical activity appears to be insufficient among medical students. This manuscript highlights development, incorporation, and feedback of the Exercise is Medicine elective at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Twenty-four medical students attended ten weekly sessions, each of which lasted 2 h and covered a different topic. Participants were selected based on previous experience with exercise-based medicine and their personal beliefs on incorporating it into clinical encounters. Outcomes were gathered using surveys consisting of the Likert Scale, rating, yes/no/maybe, and free text questions.
Confidence in prescribing lifestyle changes increased ( < 0.0001) from pre- to post-elective. Feelings of incorporating course material into practice increased ( < 0.05) after the elective. Feelings that physicians could impact their patients' physical activity did not change.
Implementation of the Exercise is Medicine elective was well received among students and increased student knowledge and confidence in prescribing lifestyle changes to a variety of patient populations.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-024-02172-z.
生活方式的改变是对抗许多慢性病的有效方法。然而，医学生在适当的体育活动指导方面的教育似乎不足。本文着重介绍了西弗吉尼亚整骨医学院“运动即医学”选修课的开发、纳入和反馈情况。
24名医学生参加了为期十周的课程，每周课程持续2小时，涵盖不同主题。参与者是根据他们以前在运动医学方面的经验以及他们对将其纳入临床诊疗的个人信念来挑选的。通过由李克特量表、评分、是/否/可能以及自由文本问题组成的调查问卷收集结果。
从选修课前到选修课后，开具生活方式改变处方的信心有所增加（<0.0001）。选修课后，将课程材料应用于实践的感觉有所增加（<0.05）。关于医生能够影响患者体育活动的看法没有改变。
“运动即医学”选修课在学生中受到好评，并增加了学生对为各种患者群体开具生活方式改变处方的知识和信心。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s40670-024-02172-z获取的补充材料。
