TRAINING & ELEARNING

Our Living Longer Better training is designed for any professional working with older adults and explores the importance of physical activity and movement as we age. The session will cover:

• The benefits of remaining active as people age
• The national guidelines for adults and practical tips to encourage older adults to be more active
• Different ways that movement can be incorporated into older people’s daily routines
• Positive conversation skills for encouraging physical activity
• Key signposting resources

This session has been created specifically for people who work with or support older people. This could include care workers, care assistants, community centre assistants, those working within the voluntary sector and more.

This eLearning programme prepares GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals to champion the benefits of physical activity with their patients and, in doing so, help prevent and manage a range of common physical and mental health conditions.

The programme will familiarise the learner with the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity guidelines and the underpinning evidence base. The programme comprises of three short introductory sessions and an assessment. Additional sessions explore people's changing needs across the life course, as well as the use of physical activity in the clinical management of the following long-term conditions: cancer, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, musculoskeletal health and mental health.

This CPD certified eLearning programme highlights the importance of physical activity and the abundance of associated health benefits. Content over the 9 courses will explore:

• How physical activity compares with other modifiable behaviours, such as smoking and diet, as a risk factor for mortality
• The Chief Medical Officer guidelines for physical activity in the UK 
• The mechanisms behind how physical activity can both prevent and treat a range of major diseases 
• How physical activity is important in the prevention and treatment of the following conditions: Cancer, Diabetes mellitus, Osteoarthritis and lower back pain, Cardiovascular disease, COPD and asthma, Mental health (depression and anxiety)

NHS and PHE’s Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme explores how people can use their everyday interactions with others to enable the delivery of consistent and concise health and wellbeing information and support behaviour change. The programme provides guidance on how to have these positive conversations, with a focus on active listening and asking open ended questions.

MECC is intended for anyone who has contact with people to “Make Every Contact Count” and develop public health knowledge.

Developed by clinicians, for clinicians, Moving Medicine's ‘Active Conversations’ is an evidence-based online learning course that teaches you how to have quick, effective and positive conversations that encourage patients to do more physical activity. The course aims to support participants to:

• Keep conversations quick and effective
• Have engaging, comfortable conversations that increase patients’ confidence
• Help people find motivation by understanding what matters to them
• Avoid common conversation traps like “Yes, but...”