Adjunct Lecturer CUNY York College New York, New York, United States
Physical activity is foundational to lifestyle medicine, yet it remains inconsistently assessed and under-prescribed in routine clinical care. While clinicians understand the importance of exercise, many lack a structured, practical framework for screening patients, assessing fitness, determining readiness, prescribing exercise, and following patients over time within the constraints of an office visit.
This 3-hour workshop provides a streamlined, office-based model for physical activity screening, assessment, prescription, monitoring, and follow-up. The session equips clinicians with feasible, scalable tools that can be implemented immediately in outpatient practice.
By the end of the workshop, participants will complete a written, office-based exercise prescription and leave with a repeatable framework for screening, assessing, prescribing, monitoring, and modifying physical activity as a core therapeutic intervention in lifestyle medicine practice.
Learning Objectives:
Implement a practical framework to screen for, assess, and risk stratify physical inactivity in outpatient care.
Develop individualized, guideline-concordant exercise prescriptions using FITT principles and in-office fitness assessments.
Monitor and modify exercise prescriptions based on patient response, adherence, and clinical status.
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