ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Canadian medical students' perceived motivation, confidence and frequency recommending physical activity.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of physical activity counselling and exercise prescription education among medical students: a systematic review.Canadian medical education journal · 2024Pooled it
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- Physical activity promotes well-being: medical students' engagement and perspective. A cross-sectional study scoped through innovation and technology.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Do physical activity intensity and sedentary behaviour relate to burnout among medical students? Insight from two Canadian medical schools.Canadian medical education journal · 2024Article
- Integration of exercise professionals to help patients adopt and maintain healthy movement behaviour: What are we waiting for?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2024Article
- Physical Activity Knowledge and Personal Habits with Recommendations for Patients: Self-Assessment by Primary Care Physicians.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Physical activity counselling and exercise prescription practices of chiropractors in Canada and internationally: an exploratory survey.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2023Article
- Tools to guide clinical discussions on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and/or sleep for health promotion between primary care providers and adults accessing care: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Trends in medical students' health over 5 years: Does a wellbeing curriculum make a difference?The International journal of social psychiatry · 2023Article
- Developing and testing the usability, acceptability, and future implementation of the Whole Day Matters Tool and User Guide for primary care providers using think-aloud, near-live, and interview procedures.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Five ways to counter ableist messaging in medical education in the context of promoting healthy movement behaviours.Canadian medical education journal · 2022Article
- Physical activity knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of pre-clinical medical students attending an Australian university.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Kinesiology Students' Perception Regarding Exercise Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- 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
- Effect of modified physiology laboratory sessions on the awareness and knowledge of obesity of health-related university students.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Despite the evidence supporting the benefits of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of most medical conditions, physical activity remains under-prescribed by physicians. Medical students will form habits during training that they are likely to maintain as future physicians. The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanism(s) contributing to frequency in recommending physical activity, to provide insight into how we can increase physical activity recommendations in future practice as physicians. First to fourth year medical students at three Canadian universities responded to an online survey (
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