Can’t decide whether you need some cardio or gentle, restorative movement? Hit one – or both! – in this fun, all-levels combination dance-HIIT and yoga class, led by your favorite med student superstars Roshini Srinivasan ( 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher), Madhura Pande (longtime choreographer and dance instructor), and Jamie Karl (dancer and former instructor with MM)! All you need is comfy clothes, weights if you so choose, and a mat or towel (though we'll have extra mats available) ✨ 💃 The dance-HIIT portion will begin at 10, followed by low-intensity, restorative yoga at 11. 🧘‍♀️ Feel free to come for just one or both! 

Calling all years of Duke Schools of Medicine and Nusring health professional students! We'll join together for a community-wide hike to share tips and tricks for whatever this coming year has in store for you, chat about non-medical things, or just enjoy nature in peace.

Hiking location 15 min from Duke's campus and hike will be about 2.5 miles and done likely in just over an hour. Come for the views and advice and stay for the company, snacks, and chance at free Medicine in Motion gear!

***Want your registration fee reimbursed? This race is on us for 3 lucky registrants who enter "Medicine in Motion" in the registration text box that says "If you are a member of a team (e.g. corporate sponsor or otherwise), please list the name here" and email us a screenshot at duke@medmotion.org. ***

Register for the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program's annual 5k Fundraiser for Lincoln Community Health Center! We've Steaded the Tread for the past two years and can confirm that it's 1) a blast, 2) an awesome opportunity to meet Internal Medicine residents and faculty, and 3) one of the best races for high-quality prizes in Durham 👌 Registrations accepted all the way up to and including day of race on September 23rd! Race starts at 9:00am at Solite Park along the American Tobacco Trail but we'll be there by 8:30am for anyone who wants to take a warm-up jog. 

Leading up to race day, come run or walk with us at Bull City Run Club every Wednesday at 6pm at Bull City Running Co. on Washington St. in Downtown Durham! 3, 4 and 6.4 mile distances available. Wednesdays tough on your schedule? Join us at Pony Run every Thursday at 6:30pm at Ponysaurus Brewing Co. in Downtown Durham instead! 3 and 5 mile loops available. 

Join the Triangle Pelvic Health Collective for a round table talk on all things Pelvic Floor! The Triangle Pelvic Health Collective is a group of local health care providers (MDs, DPTs, PAs, MPHs, FNPs, LMTs, etc) who all have a passion for treating people with a pelvic floor (hint - that’s everyone!). The clinicians in attendance will discuss the basic anatomy and common pathologies of the pelvic floor, as well as the need for interdisciplinary care for people with a pelvic floor (again, that's everyone!). We will be meeting in room 2250 of the Interprofessional Education building (IPE) with snacks so come for the food and stay for the fun and learning!

We're kicking the year off again with the wildly popular JC and the F45 team! The workout will consist of a 45-minute full body strength circuit, with adaptations for all skill levels, so come as you are! Sign-ups capped at 27 per class, and a waitlist will be maintained in case people can no longer attend.

We're kicking the year off again with the wildly popular JC and the F45 team! The workout will consist of a 45-minute full body strength circuit with adaptations for all skill levels, so come as you are! Sign-ups capped at 27 per class, and a waitlist will be maintained in case people can no longer attend.

Come unleash your inner free spirit and experience strong postures, mind-body connection, and hip hop beats as we welcome Duke's very own Dr. Melissa Bauer! Dr. Bauer is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology in Duke's Women's Anesthesiology Division, with years of experience teaching yoga in the community. 

All level yogis welcome – first time yogis too! Just bring a yoga mat, towel, water bottle, and an open mind. Waivers will be signed at the start of the class. Hope to see you there!

We're teaming up with the Wilderness, Austere, and Environmental Medicine (WAEM) Interest Group and everyone's favorite kidney doctor, Dr. John Roberts, to plan Medicine in Motion's first overnight backpacking trip this August! We'll hike the 21.5-mile Mount Rogers Loop Trail in Virginia's Grayson Highlands State Park. 

Although we are still firming up the details, we will tentatively plan to depart from Durham the morning of Saturday, August 19th, and return the evening of Sunday, August 20th. More details to come! 

Space is limited to the first 15 folks who express interest, so sign-up quickly and we'll reach out to coordinate logistics, including departure timing, transportation, and backpacking equipment (including rentals through Duke Outdoors Adventures for those in need of gear) !

Get your flow (and grounding!) on in this all-levels collab class with Duke's new Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG), taught by longtime yoga guide and researcher Roshini. All you need is comfy clothes and a mat or towel!

In honor of the Women's World Cup starting July 20, join us for pick-up soccer at Old Chapel Hill Road Park! Bring a light and dark shirt and we'll take care of the rest. If the moment's right, we'll head over to a brewery afterwards to watch the re-run of the 5:00AM round of 16 game!

Shame is a powerful emotion that occurs in response to negative events such as making mistakes or experiencing mistreatment.  Shame in learners across the continuum of medical education can range from a fleeting emotion to a “sentinel emotional event” causing profound emotional and psychological distress, isolation, and impaired empathy, among other negative effects. Shame may be triggered by events related to patient care (e.g., medical error), learning (e.g., struggling to present a patient), assessment (e.g., low standardized test scores), and interpersonal interactions (e.g., mistreatment by a peer or supervisor), and it can be fuelled by factors such as perfectionism, comparisons to others, underrepresentation, and lack of psychological safety.

As we attempt to grapple with and understand shame in our medical training experiences, join Medicine and Motion for the Moving Shame Workshop Series, led by Drs. Gemma Lucas and Will Bynum.

This three-part workshop series will seek to recruit a small but diverse group of Duke interprofessional health trainees to advance understanding and awareness of shame through yoga practices, art activities, and intimate, small group discussion. Our goal in hosting this workshop series is to drive deeper engagement with shame experiences, facilitating resilience development and driving connection and belonging among interprofessional healthcare students in the process.

Dinner, yoga mats, and instruction will be provided over three consecutive Tuesdays from 5:30 - 8:30 pm in the John Hope Franklin Center's Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall (August 2, 9 and 16). Participants will get to keep their yoga mats at the end of the workshop series as well. Sign-up to secure your spot!

Gemma Lucas is a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter. In her research and teaching at Exeter she uses movement in various ways as a source of learning and meaning making.

Will Bynum is a family medicine physician practicing and teaching at the Duke University School of Medicine, where he is a residency program director and advisor to the Medical Student Wellness Committee. Will has completed his PhD in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University and researches the role of shame in medical education

We're bringing back HIIT this Saturday, June 10th at 10am at the Morris Williams Track and Field! In case of rain, we'll pivot to Wilson Gym. :)