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A randomized controlled trial on virtual, team-based, exercise and community building

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Instructions for the Second Half of the MEDMOTION Trial

 

Please complete the following steps:

1) Complete the mid-study survey (unique link sent to your institutional email with the sub-line "MEDMOTION Trial: Mid-Study Survey." 

2) Register for FitRankings (unique link emailed as above) and join your team (as shown below; students may join their department choice).

 

After completion of these steps,

1)  Everyone will earn a raffle ticket for one of 100 prizes.

2) The "control" group will be sent a code for one of these free tshirts.

3) The second half of the trial will run from 12:01am Jan 24th to 11:59pm April 22nd

4) After three more months (six months total), you will be asked to complete a final 5 minute post-study questionnaire, the completion of which will earn you two additional raffle tickets for prizes.​

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Throughout the study, prizes (apparel, waterbottles, pens, etc.) will be awarded to individuals who send pictures of group activities (group pelotons, runs, yoga events, virtually-coordinated zoom workouts, etc.) to trial@medmotion.org. Group activities may be with members your own team or other teams!

Department(s)
Team Name for FitRankings
Number of Residents& Attendings
Anesthesiology
A Team
25
Cardiology, Pathology
Bosses
24
Geriatrics, Family medicine, Addiction medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Cutting Edge
24
Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Emergency medicine, Critical Care
Dominators
23
Internal Medicine 1 (last name A-Hi)
Full Throttle
26
Internal Medicine 2 (last name Hu-Na)
GOAT
26
Internal Medicine 3 (last name Ne-Z)
Lifesavers
27
Obstetrics and gynecology, Pulmonology, Allergy and immunology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology
Outliers
24
Ophthalmology, Med-peds, Pediatrics
Power
24
Psychiatry
Rebels
28
Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Oncology, Palliative Care, Nephrology
Stampede
26
Surgery​, Otolaryngology
Titans
23
Frequently Asked Questions

General FAQs

FitRankings FAQs

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General FAQs

  • Do I have to exercise or upload my activities if I register?

    • No! You may exercise as little or as often, and while your activity will be automatically uploaded if you register a wearable or smartphone app, you are not required to upload anything.

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  • If I did not exercise much during the first three months, can I still participate in the second three months?

    • Yes! You can still participate in second 3 months regardless of your activity in first three months.

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  • If I was randomized to the control group, may I still exercise in the first three months?

    • You are encouraged to maintain your usual level of activity for the first three months.​

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  • Can I only exercise with my team?

    • No! We encourage community building with your team, but also with other teams.​

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  • How do I earn prizes?​

    • Raffle tickets will be awarded for referring friends during registration (one to the referred member and one to the referring member).

    • Each participant who completes the pre- and mid-study survey and registration will receive a custom performance, athletic, New Balance x MiM T-shirt.

    • Raffle tickets will be awarded for completion of study surveys (one for the mid-study survey, one for the post-study survey, and two additional tickets for completion of all three surveys).

    • Raffle tickets will be awarded to those who send pictures of group activities to trial@medmotion.org (one to whomever sends the picture, and one for each of the study participants featured in the picture and named in the email - we will not manually identify participants in pictures.

      • Most anything will be considered a group activity as long as ≥2 study participants are featured, including but not limited to group pelotons, runs, yoga events, virtually-coordinated zoom workouts, etc.

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  • What do raffle tickets get me?

    • Tickets will enter participants in a raffle for prizes that may include 40 performance, athletic, special-edition-Harvard MiM x New Balance T-shirts, 50 MiM water-bottles, 300 MiM pens, and more.

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  • Can I order other MiM apparel outside of this study?

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  • How can I contact members of my or other teams to coordinate group activities?

    • The contact information of those who consent for this information to be shared with study participants will be provided upon registration.

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FitRankings FAQs

  • What is FitRankings and what is it for?

    • ​FitRankings is a universal activity-tracking platform that will automatically track user activity from your favorite wearable (Garmin, FitBit, Apple, etc), or smartphone app (MapMyFitness, RunKeeper, etc.) and convert any kind of activity you choose to track into standardized Metabolic Equivalent of a Task (MET) minutes. ​

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  • Is my wearable or smartphone app compatible with FitRankings?

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  • Can I still participate if I don't have a wearable or smartphone app?

    • ​Yes. If you don't have a wearable, most smartphone apps are free and will sync with FitRankings (they recommend MapMyFitness). You can also manually upload your activities to FitRankings as shown in one of these tutorial videos.

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  • What will be done with my data?

    • ​Team and individual total MET minutes will be displayed on a leaderboard. Activity data will be merged with survey data and de-identified prior to analysis.

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  • I am having trouble registering for FitRankings; where can I go for help?

    • Here are a few video tutorials and you may also visit fitrankings.com/support to contact them for help.

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  • Where can I go to learn more about FitRankings?

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