ABOUT
Queen's University was the first Canadian school
to join the Exercise is Medicine® Canada initiative!
ABOUT EIM QUEEN'S
The purpose of the Exercise Is Medicine® (EIM) Canada at Queen’s University chapter is two-fold:
1) EIM Queen's will strive to promote physical activity as a means of treatment and prevention of illness within the student population.
2) EIM Queen's will provide information and resources to involve health care providers in becoming advocates and supporters of prescribing exercise as a means of treatment and disease prevention.
ABOUT EIM
EIM is an initiative launched by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association. EIM works to develop and encourage primary care physicians to include exercise when designing treatment care plans for patients. It has been in operation since 2007 and has been successful in generating resources such as disease or illness specific activity guidelines and prescriptions, as well as having established regional centers on each continent including 31 national task forces. Recently, the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology has adopted the initiative and Queen’s has proudly become the first Canadian university to join the Exercise Is Medicine® On Campus initiative.