Prices per Course
Nonmember - $40
Member - FREE
Credits
1 CME/CNE/CPE/CE Credits
(Full Accreditation information listed below)
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.
More Details
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.
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.
Designation Statement
Rush University Medical Center designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 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.
Rush University Medical Center designates this internet enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour.
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based internet enduring material for a maximum of 1 contact hour for pharmacists.
Rush University Medical Center designates this activity for 1 CE credit in psychology. 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 internet enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 continuing education credit for physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, social workers, nutritionists, speech pathologists, audiologists, and/or psychologists.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 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 AAFP has reviewed Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 02/15/2023 to 02/15/2024. 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 1 continuing education credit for this learning activity: CE-000072-3.
The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.0 maintenance of certification credit for this learning activity.
Disclosure Statement
As a provider of continuing education, Rush University Medical Center asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the start of the activity. All information disclosed must be shared with the participants/learners prior to the start of the educational activity.
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.
Individuals in control of content for this activity have stated they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.