The current Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention & Longevity course expires March 8, 2023.
Prices per Course | NOTE: ACLM members receive an exclusive 25% discount on all pricing tiers.
Physician/Doctor:
Non-Members: $120 | ACLM Members: $90
Non-Doctoral Health Professional:
Non-Members: $90 | ACLM Members: $67.50
Student/Trainee:
Non-Members: $60 | ACLM Members: $45
Credits
3 CME/CNE/CPE/CE Credits
(Full accreditation information listed below)
Description
Diet has been identified as the single most important risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the United States, yet most health care providers spend relatively few hours learning about nutrition during their formal training. The limited nutrition education that is offered in medical and health professional programs is often primarily didactic and focused on the biochemistry of nutrients and health consequences of deficiency states—content that is of limited use in a clinical setting where the majority of the population faces over-nutrition due to high intake of ultra-processed, calorie-dense, high saturated fat-laden foods. This Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity course is designed to serve as a nutrition educational opportunity that will:
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion, participants will be able to:
- Review the current challenges in nutrition research and the challenges of disseminating accurate nutrition information to the public.
- Explain national and global nutrition recommendations and basic nutrition principles.
- Distinguish differences between health-promoting and health-harming foods.
- Describe the dietary pattern recommended by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine for disease prevention, treatment and reversal.
- Apply the concept of the dietary spectrum when making nutrition recommendations.
- Apply nutrition therapy scope of practice.
- Review the scientific evidence of popular diets.
More Details
Sessions and Format
The Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity course is comprised of two parts and consists of three hours of content. Topics include:
Part 1: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity
Part 2: Popular Diets
Duration
3 hours of CME/CE content
Specifications
Content is viewed in a digital format. Users are able to click through the interactive modules at their own pace and complete a corresponding quiz. This content can be viewed on a desktop, tablet or mobile device. Speakers or headphones are required.
Term of Approval
March 8, 2021 – March 8, 2023
Enrollment
Access to online material is granted through the term of approval which ends March 8, 2023.
Accreditation Statement
In support of patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is being presented without bias and without commercial support.
The Commission on Dietetic Registration accepts self-study programs approved through the ACCME.
ANCC Credit Designation – Nurses The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 3.0 contact hours.
Rush University is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000272), occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social work (159.001203), nutrition, speech-audiology, and psychology by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University designates this enduring material for 3.0 Continuing Education credits.
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge based CPE activity for 3.0 contact hours for pharmacists.
Rush University designates this internet enduring material for 3.0 CE credits in psychology.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 3.0 maintenance of certification credits for this learning activity.
The AAFP has reviewed Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 03/08/2022 to 03/08/2023. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) has approved 3.0 continuing education credits for NBC-HWCs upon successful completion of the Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity course.
Faculty Disclosures
It is the policy of the Rush University Office of Interprofessional Continuing Education to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias and beyond the control of persons or organizations with an economic interest in influencing the content of CE. Everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest (including but not limited to pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic) within the preceding 12 months.
Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA-approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.
The course directors, planners and faculty of this activity have stated they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.