OVERVIEW

Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine into Primary Care Practice (PCP): Perceptions and Practices of Family Physicians is organized by American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM).

Starts Date: September 01, 2023
Expires Date: August 31, 2026  

Description:
Lifestyle medicine (LM) uses therapeutic lifestyle behavior change to address the root causes of chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to assess family physicians’ perceptions and utilization of LM principles in their primary care practices, as well as identify reported barriers to implementation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the proportion of family medicine physicians surveyed who have additional lifestyle-medicine-related training and engage in lifestyle interventions
  • Identify lifestyle medicine domain perceived comfort and reported use trends detailed by family physicians
  • Identify the primary perceived barriers of family physicians in incorporating lifestyle medicine into practice
  • Recall the general lifestyle medicine related core competency gaps reported by family physicians
Credits

Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Designation Statement:
For Medicine: Rush University Medical Center designates enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For Nursing: Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 nursing contact hour(s).

For Pharmacy: Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

For Psychologists: Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 1.00 CE credits in psychology.

For Dietitians: This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 1.00 CPEUs.

For Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education buy the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 general continuing education credits.

For physical therapy or occupational therapy: Rush University is an approved provider for physical therapy/occupational therapy by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 continuing education credits for physical therapists/ occupational therapists.

ABLM MOC: The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.0 maintenance of certification credits for this learning activity.

  • 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1 Contact Hours
  • 1 CE Credits
  • 1 MOC
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianNursingPharmacistPrimary Care PhysicianPhysical TherapistsOccupational TherapistsFamily MedicineNursesInternal MedicineSocial WorkersPrimary Care PractitionersDietitianPsychologists

    SPECIALITIES

    Family MedicinePrimary CareLifestyle Medicine

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