Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Paul Jones (@PaulRemyJones) The second ECOSEP Student’s Congress will take place at Imperial College on the 12th and 13th of October. This meeting is aimed at medical students with an interest in Sport and Exercise Medicine and those wanting to get involved in […]
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What my 13-flight & 4-country sports medicine elective taught me: 5 lessons for success in sports & exercise medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Liam West (@Liam_West) 13 flights. 4 countries. One very battered and bruised suitcase. The most incredible 3 months of my life. My medical elective enabled me to experience sport and exercise medicine (SEM) outside of the United Kingdom for the first time. A […]
Be The Change Project
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) BeTheChange (1) is the product of many months spent personally discovering the unparalleled health benefits of regular physical activity. With no other alternative known to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as hypertension by such astounding rates (2) […]
A English Premier League Doctor’s Kitbag – The Magician’s Hat
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By David Eastwood (@Eastyy) The Doctor’s Kitbag A recent student selected component in my studies allowed me to shadow the club doctor of Sunderland AFC, a Premier League football team. I gained an insight into the role of a football doctor, seeing the typical […]
The legacy of London 2012 – Finding a home for Sport and Exercise Medicine
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Jack Nash (@JackNash58) Delivering a health legacy to get more people physically active was one of the London 2012 Olympic Games’ promises(1). £30 million was earmarked to build three centres and form the national sports medicine centre. A year later, work is well […]
Pushing the Physical Activity ‘Polypill’ – Cardiff Exercise Medicine Symposium 15th June 2013 (@CSEMSExMed2013)
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Bryn Savill (@BrynSavill) The evidence behind exercise as medicine is substantial and it can no longer be ignored.1 Prof. Blair (2009) named physical inactivity the “Biggest public health issue of the 21st Century” after discovering that physical inactivity was killing more Americans than smoking, diabetes […]
Cardiff Olympic SEM Conference: Inspiring the undergraduate generation
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Robert Whitham (@R_Whitham) & Bryn Savill (@BrynSavill) Undergraduate SEM Liam West has persistently publicised how the pathway into SEM is unclear. As emphasised by Joy et al.,1 most undergraduate medical and physiotherapy curricula have little SEM teaching and many students are ill or […]
SEM student movement – it’s gaining momentum!
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Sean Carmody (@seancardmody1) and Liam West (@Liam_West) There’s been a palpable shift in the attitudes of undergraduates towards Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in recent years. Well-attended student conferences, with world-class speakers, are a common feature of the calendar, and SEM societies are […]
Ireland’s Call! A student perspective on SEM in Ireland – now and the future
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Stuart O’Flanagan (@SROFlanagan) Considerable momentum was gathered this past year from students in the UK, championing the cause of Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM). As is often the case with close neighbours, such great noises have not gone unnoticed by your Irish colleagues! […]
Exercise physiologists and chronic disease management in North America: A role of importance
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Lisa Campkin (@LisaCampkin) Recently, the term ‘Exercise is Medicine’ was copyrighted by the American College of Sports Medicine. This particular initiative in exercise medicine focuses on the role of clinicians in helping increase their patients’ physical activity levels. Exercise is Medicine has growing […]