Commentary on: “Physical activity education in the undergraduate curricula of all UK medical schools. Are tomorrow's doctors equipped to follow clinical guidelines?”

ficulty in quantifying the hours spent teaching physical activity; only 12 schools were able to so. Physical activity teaching was often “integrated” or “difficult to assess”. The study does not account for the integration of physical activity teaching into other specialities; cardiology, respiratory, physiology, endocrine, or GP/community care. The study does not address whether students are competent to promote physical activity without structured education. However, students’ perceptions of competence may poorly reflect objectively measured competence thus reinforcing the need for education and structured assessment. In highlighting a general paucity of physical activity teaching, this supports similar data from American and Canadian medical school curricula.