Physical Activity Leadership Program II
Family physicians came together in the first meeting of 2015 at Izmir Renaissance Hotel on 13-14 June 2015 within the scope of the 2nd Physical Activity Leadership Program.
In the second meeting of the 'Physical Activity Leadership Program', which was held with the participation of family physicians from different provinces of Turkey, information was given about the 'Exercise is Medicine Program' and exercise prescription, which is being implemented in many countries and of which the association is the licensor in Turkey.
In his presentation, Prof. Dr. Haydar Demirel, one of the program trainers, talked about the many benefits of regular exercise for individuals. He conveyed that the decision to live a healthy life with exercise is a decision that cannot be taken lightly and requires a lifelong effort.
Family physicians who participated in the workshops on physical activity on the first day of the two-day program attended the dinner organized by our association after the end of the program.
The family physicians who started the second day of the program with morning sports did their morning sports accompanied by trainers after doing a morning run in the cordon. Colorful images emerged in the sports event where the public participated.
Family physicians, who continued their training after the morning sports, formed groups among themselves and worked on physical activity recommendations for their patients. After making sample prescriptions by dividing the patients into different groups, they took the podium and made evaluations.
Trainers :
Prof. Dr. Haydar Demirel : Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine
Prof. Dr. Erdem Kaşıkçıoğlu : Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine
Specialized. Dr. İrep Eray Karataş : Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Specialist
Doc. Dr. Didem Özdemir : Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
Physical Activity Leadership Program III
The Leadership Program was attended by family physicians from many provinces of Turkey and local and foreign speakers. During the program, our new leaders were accompanied by Prof. Dr. Scott Powers from the University of Florida, Prof. Dr. Haydar Demirel from Hacettepe University, Prof. Dr. Erdem Kaşıkçıoğlu from Istanbul University, and İrep Karataş Eray from Yıldırım Beyazıt University.
In the III. Physical Activity Leadership Program, our new term leaders were introduced to the "Exercise is Medicine" program in the presence of local and foreign speakers. With the workshops, exercise prescription studies were carried out and information on many subjects such as which exercise for which patient, duration and form were shared.
Our new term leaders, who came together to increase Physical Activity, started the second day of the program with morning exercise and dance therapy accompanied by one of our leaders Dr. Alper Zobarlar.
The first version of the first 7-Minute Physical Activity Mobile Application ARYA (link to the arya page on the website will be given), developed by the association in Turkish, was introduced at this meeting. According to the feedback from family physicians who downloaded and tried it on their phones, improvements were completed and it was published on App Store and Google Play Store in January 2016.
Trainers :
Prof. Dr. Scott Powers: Lecturer at the University of Florida
Prof. Dr. Haydar Demirel : Lecturer at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine
Prof. Dr. Erdem Kaşıkçıoğlu : Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine
Specialized. Dr. İrep Eray Karataş : Family Medicine Specialist at Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital
The training kit for family physicians is available here.