Advancing Health and Movement through Education and Science - ACSM [Podcast Series]
[:55] Dr. Bantham introduces her guest, Katie Feltman
Katie Feltman is CEO of the American College of Sports Medicine.
She is also an avid cyclist.
[1:07] American College of Sports Medicine roles
“And I always like to say that that first job at ACSM really uniquely served me and my ability to learn about who ACSM serves right off the bat. You think about our journals, and you think about ACSM serving the bench side to the bedside to the park side concept. We actually have a journal that really addresses all the different audiences toward the end of supporting movement for all. And so I had an early crash course into the heart and soul of this organization, which was amazing.”
[3:10] Delivering education and scientific content to ACSM audiences
“One of the things that's most exciting for me, which it sounds like you were able to really, one of the things that inspired you when you were back at Intermountain all those years ago is, even though we're focused on serving our core members like you and the exercise professionals, we have such an important downstream effect on the larger population and getting folks moving, and how that affects population health and the ability to live a rich life, and so that gets us out of bed every morning. I mean, it's really, really important, inspiring work, but really just that magic of listening to you all and understanding what you need and then figuring out the right vehicles to deliver that education and scientific content.”
[7:16] Intersection of physical activity and public health
“And I think when you look at the common thread pulling everybody together within ACSM, everybody's passionate about movement for a better life, whether it's elite athletes moving more effectively in safety, safely to someone like me, right? I just want to be able to ride my bike a little faster to keep up with my friends. I'm not in competition. I'm a great example of how these kinds of changes can really have an effect on public health.”
[11:40] Building community through volunteer service
“And I think these different volunteer service opportunities, whether it's serving as the board president or an editor in chief, or being able to be on one of our subcommittee or an editorial board, or one of our strategic health initiatives, it is now very obvious to me that you all get as much out of that in finding community as you all give back to this organization.”
[16:24] ACSM vision statement
“And so we really created this new vision statement about movement as our rallying cry. And when you actually sat down and forced that to be the lens through which everything passes, it was magic. It was truly magic.”
[20:57] Physical Activity Alliance partnership
“The work that the PAA is doing directly empowers our members and our exercise professionals, and I think about, in particular, this work that we're doing to really get exercise professionals recognized as healthcare providers, as a key part of this chain of impacting public health.”
[26:46] Exercise is Medicine past, present and future
“But I think we are really poised with EIM to start going to the next level, particularly targeting specific groups across the health span. And so how Exercise is Medicine can benefit older adults, how Exercise is Medicine can benefit our youth.”
