Be eligible To take the Lifestyle Medicine certification exam, individuals must meet two prerequisites: attend an approved Lifestyle Medicine conference and complete 30 hours of approved Lifestyle Medicine CME/CE courses . To help students meet these prerequisites, master’s and doctoral programs in health professions may be recognized by the ACLM as Partial Or Complete Academic pathway programs.
Partial academic pathway programs must include a course that covers at least 25 percent of the Basic skills in interdisciplinary lifestyle medicine published in 2022. Students graduating from partial academic pathway programs have met the conference attendance prerequisites to take the Lifestyle Medicine certification exam. There are currently 72 partial academic pathway programs across the country.
Full academic pathway programs integrate lifestyle medicine throughout the curriculum, have at least one faculty member certified in lifestyle medicine, and have a Member Lifestyle Interest Group (LMIG) on campus. ACLM provides the “Board Review of Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine“courses students in full academic pathway programs at deeply discounted rates. ACLM also offers academic resources such as”Lifestyle Medicine 101 Curriculum” And Taste of lifestyle medicine. Additionally, full and partial academic pathway programs are highlighted in the ACLM report. Health Professional Program Directory. Students graduating from Full Academic Pathway programs have completed prerequisites for attendance at the conference and 30-hour CME/CE courses.
“The FSU College of Nursing is excited to be the first academic program in the nation approved by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine as a comprehensive academic pathway program,” said Alicia (Ali), FSU College of Nursing clinical professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Lifestyle Medicine Program. ) Craig-Rodriguez, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM. “This important designation demonstrates that FSU’s rigorous curriculum is dedicated to providing students with a ‘deep dive’ into lifestyle medicine education and training.
Lifestyle medicine uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as the primary modality to treat chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Certified lifestyle medicine clinicians are trained to apply prescriptive, evidence-based, whole-person lifestyle change to treat and, when used intensively, often reverse these terms. Applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine – a whole-food, predominantly plant-based diet, physical activity, restful sleep, stress management, positive social connections and avoidance of risky substances – allows also effective prevention of these conditions.
The development of academic pathways was funded in part through the generous support of the Ardmore Institute of Health.
“The ACLM congratulates the Florida State University College of Nursing for its vision and leadership in becoming the first comprehensive ACLM academic pathway program in the nation,” said ACLM CEO. Susan Benigas said. “By completing the prerequisites for certification in Lifestyle Medicine during their studies, these Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates will benefit from significant savings on their path to certification and gain a competitive advantage within the workforce, as more employers and health systems recognize the high value of lifestyle medicine.
About ACLM®
As a catalyst for transformation, disruptor of the status quo, and galvanized force for change, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine is the nation’s medical professional society advancing the field of lifestyle medicine as a foundation of a redesigned health system, based on values and equitable. health care delivery system, essential to the achievement of the Quintuple Aim and the overall health of the person. ACLM represents, advocates, trains, certifies and equips its members to identify and eradicate the root cause of chronic disease by optimizing modifiable risk factors. The ACLM fills the gaping void of lifestyle medicine – including diet as medicine – in medical education across the medical education continuum, while making advance research, clinical practice and reimbursement strategies. Adding years to life and life to years, while controlling the alarming and unsustainable trajectory of health care costs, is what lifestyle medicine offers.
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