Are you a regulated health care professional wanting to promote physical activity as a chronic disease prevention and management strategy to improve the health of Canadians? Join the EIMC Professional Network! Be part of the movement that changes the way health care is delivered and chronic disease is prevented and managed in Canada. The evidence is clear: The Physical Activity Vital Sign (PAVS) is the most important vital sign you need to monitor with the majority of patients seen in primary care today. EIMC Professional Network members are leaders, integrating the PAVS into daily practice and providing basic exercise counseling and prescription to improve patient health. Members support national EIMC leadership; our passionate multidisciplinary expert EIMC team is developing educational workshops, exercise prescription and referral and other decision-making tools that support health care professionals to assess, advise, prescribe and refer their patients for community or clinical physical activity and exercise resources that support their health goals. Who is Eligible to become a member of the EIMC Professional Network? Membership in the EIMC Professional Network is available to all Canadian regulated health professionals and to EIMC Recognized* exercise professionals. *EIMC Recognized exercise professionals are your critical allies helping patients reach their physical activity and health goals. They have the knowledge, skills and competencies to build motivation and effect behavioural change, with healthy inactive patients as well as work competently with patients at risk of, or with established chronic disease who are medically cleared for independent or supervised exercise prescription. Regulated health professionals may join the network as a Provider or Supporter:
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What other benefits will membership bring? By signing on to our free network, EIMC membership gives: What is the fee to join the EIMC Professional Network? Joining the EIMC Professional Network is free. Click the link below: EIMC Professional Network Membership |
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Join EIMC and help us attain our vision that “Physical activity is an integral part of prevention and treatment of chronic disease in the Canadian health care system.”