Description: Exercise is Medicine® Australia empowers primary healthcare providers to effectively counsel patients about physical activity leading to sustained behaviour change. EIM promotes evidence-based screening to easily identify when and how to refer patients to appropriately trained allied health professionals to deliver exercise treatment services.
Exercise is Medicine® offers both online education and face-to-face workshops to help educate healthcare providers about the importance of exercise as medicine. These courses are accredited with the RACGP, ACRRM & APNA.
EIM Australia offers a suite of factsheets which provide information about the safe and appropriate use of exercise in the prevention, treatment & management of a wide range of chronic diseases. Factsheets are available for healthcare providers, patients & the general public.
Steps for putting EIM into practice. Exercise is Medicine Australia provides you with some basic tools to start counselling your patients about their physical activity levels and what types of exercise is appropriate.