Prices per Course:
Nonmember - $40
Member - FREE
Credits: 1 CME/CNE/CPE/CE Credits
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Description:
Lifestyle change, as an essential treatment intervention to addressing chronic disease, is increasing among physicians and health professionals internationally. Lifestyle, once recognized as an essential prevention strategy, is now acknowledged as a foundational and efficacious treatment approach for a redesigned healthcare system for improved outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient satisfaction. In this course, the 2020-2022 ACLM President, Cate Collings, MD, MS, FACC, DipABLM, defines lifestyle medicine, discusses the evidence base, explains six key interventions, and demonstrates how lifestyle medicine has the power to treat and often reverse disease and provide a solution for real health care reform.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion, participants will be able to:
- Define lifestyle medicine.
- Discuss the importance and timeliness of lifestyle medicine.
- Review evidence and current endorsements and guidelines for lifestyle medicine.
- Illustrate six key interventions to treat lifestyle-related chronic conditions.
- Explore unique components of a lifestyle medicine practice.
- Describe opportunities to train and certify in lifestyle medicine.
- Discuss the emerging priorities for lifestyle medicine.
Format: This Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine course consists of one lecture and one hour of content.
Duration: 1 hour
Assessment and Measurement: A score of 80% or higher on the module quiz is required to pass the course.
Specifications: This course can be viewed on desktop, tablet or mobile device. Speakers or headphones are required for this course.
Term of Approval: February 15, 2022 – February 15, 2025
Enrollment: Access to online material is granted through the term of approval which ends February 15, 2025.