ArticleCanadian medical education journal2018
The effects of previous educational training on physical activity counselling and exercise prescription practices among physicians across Nova Scotia: a cross-sectional study.
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- Health Care Providers' Perspectives on Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Health Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Overview of Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care.Korean journal of family medicine · 2021Article
- Utility and perceptions about web-based academics among physicians during COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- ABC of prescribing exercise as medicine: a narrative review of the experiences of general practitioners and patients.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Review
- Exercise is Medicine Canada workshop training improves physical activity practices of physicians across Canada, independent of initial confidence level.Canadian medical education journal · 2020Article
- Perceptions and Practices of Providing Physical Activity Counselling and Exercise Prescriptions among Physiotherapists in Nova Scotia.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2020Article
- Developing a training programme in physical activity counselling for undergraduate medical curricula: a nationwide Delphi study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- The Application of Exercise Prescription Education in Medical Training.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPhysicians (MDs) report difficulty including physical activity (PA) and exercise (PAE) as part of routine care. MDs who report previous educational training in PAE may prescribe exercise more frequently. We evaluated the effects of previous training on perceptions and practices of PA counselling and exercise prescriptions among MDs in Nova Scotia.
methodsMDs (n=174) across Nova Scotia completed an online self-reflection survey regarding their current PAE practices. MDs who reported previous training (n=41) were compared to those who reported no training (n=133).
resultsTrained-MDs were 22% more confident performing PA counselling than untrained-MDs (p<0.005). In patient appointments, trained-MDs included PAE more often (51% vs 39%; p=0.03) but trained-MDs and untrained-MDs had similar rates of exercise prescriptions (12%; p>0.05). The most impactful barriers (on a scale of 1 to 4) were lack of time (2.5) and perceived patient interest (2.4), which were unaffected by previous training (p>0.05).
conclusionPrevious training was associated with a higher confidence to include PAE discussions with patients by MDs in Nova Scotia, but had minimal influence on their many barriers that prevent exercise prescription. Although some training supports MDs inclusion of PAE into their practice, there is a need for greater, more intensive educational training to assist MDs in prescribing exercise.
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