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ForwardSaturday Pre-Conference Workshop: No Sweat! A Clinician’s Science-based Guide to Prescribing Sustainable Physical Activity
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has been a leader in raising awareness of and developing educational resources that highlight the critical role of lifestyle behaviors in promoting health, longevity and well-being. Physical activity isn’t just one of the pillars of lifestyle medicine, its benefits are considered so potent that exercise has been branded as medicine within healthcare more broadly. Yet, mounting behavioral science suggests that communicating about physical activity in ways that emphasize its medicinal, health-related benefits may be counterproductive for sustained patient motivation and long-term behavior change. This research suggests that conventional approaches to physical activity counseling might unintentionally undermine the very health-promoting outcomes that these efforts aim to achieve. Closing this gap between evidence and practice is critical to empowering patients and improving outcomes. In this workshop, participants will learn the latest research behind this counter-intuitive evidence and what it suggests is a more effective, whole-person approach for counseling patients about physical activity within a lifestyle medicine context. Informed by theory, science, and practice, this workshop integrates research with real-world patient case studies and teaches an easy-to-use, next-generation exercise prescription based on the emerging science about the psychology of exercise adherence. Participants will have an opportunity to practice a novel patient-centered exercise method for use following the workshop. While this physical activity prescription was developed for physicians, it can be used by any lifestyle medicine practitioner, in any setting. Based on an integration of psychology and decision-making research, this prescription method is flexible and “health condition neutral”: it can be used among patients for prevention or to treat distinct chronic conditions.
Learning Objectives
- Describe three science-based reasons why promoting physical activity for health-related reasons supports short-term instead of sustainable motivation.
- Evaluate different physical activity counseling messages to determine their potential for supporting short- or long-term motivation.
- Apply current theories and scientific evidence to develop patient-centered physical activity prescriptions, while engaging in hands-on practice that includes giving and receiving feedback.
- Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS, FSBM
- Rak Jotwani, MD
Available Credit
- 3.00 AAFP Prescribed
The AAFP has reviewed Saturday Pre-Conference Workshop: No Sweat! A Clinician’s Science-based Guide to Prescribing Sustainable Physical Activity and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/15/2025 to 1/15/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 ABLM MOC
The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 3.00 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.
- 3.00 ABS Accredited CME
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 3.00 ACPE Pharmacy
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.
- 3.00 ACPE Technician
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Rush Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 ANCC
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 nursing contact hour(s).
- 3.00 APA
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
- 3.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 general continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Attendance
Successful completion of this course activity, including active participation in the evaluation component, entitles the learner to receive a participation certificate from ACLM. Please note that this certificate is offered solely in recognition of engagement, and no academic or professional credit is awarded.
- 3.00 CPEU
This Enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 3.00 CPEUs.
- 3.00 Occupational Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 Physical Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.