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LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

Core Competency Skills- Module

Course Details

Course Details

  • 15 Courses

    • Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies - Module
    • Personal Health and Community Advocacy- Module
    • Health Behavior Change Theories and Approaches- Module
    • Health Behavior Change Counseling- Module
    • Health Behavior Change Action Planning and Relapse Prevention- Module
    • Healthy Behavior is Foundational to Lifestyle Medicine- Module
    • Lifestyle Medicine Evidence Base- Module
    • Healthcare Provider Engagement in Lifestyle Medicine Practice- Module
    • Patient Predisposition for Change- Module
    • The Patient History and Physical Exam- Module
    • Incorporating Practice Guidelines- Module
    • Working with Interdisciplinary Teams- Module
    • Applying Office Systems- Module
    • Incorporating Quality Measures - Module
    • Using Referral Services- Module

  • 10 CME Credits

    10 MOC Credits

  • Member: $335.07
    Student/Resident Member: $293.79
    ACPM Subscriber: $335.07
    Non-Member: $419.68
     

  • Availability: In Person

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LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

Core Competency Skills- Module

About the Program

A lifestyle medicine evidence review was conducted by the American College of Preventive Medicine in 2009. It compiled the scientific evidence that supports the need for increased competence in lifestyle medicine among healthcare providers and predicted an increased demand for training in delivering lifestyle interventions. It argued that greater provider competence might lead to improved patient outcomes.

Lifestyle medicine is a new field of health and medicine, not yet a formal subspecialty, and it is not consistently and intensively implemented across health care settings that treat lifestyle related diseases. Providers should consistently and intensively offer lifestyle medicine interventions in order to secure improved health outcomes for patients with lifestyle related diseases Enroll Now