IN-PERSON WORKSHOP: The Basics of the Office-Based Physical Activity Assessment, Prescription, and Referral

Workshop Description: 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.