Introduction to Functional Medicine: A Systemic Approach to Reversing the Chronic Disease Epidemic

Introduction to Functional Medicine: A Systemic Approach to Reversing the Chronic Disease Epidemic is organized by The Institute for Functional
 Medicine (IFM).

Release Date: January 23, 2018
Last Review Date: November 16, 2022
End Date: November 16, 2025

Course description:
In recent years, patients have become more complex, and more and more patients are experiencing multiple chronic conditions. This free course summarizes the fundamentals of functional medicine and how this model of care can be used to effectively address the underlying mechanism of disease. Clinicians can learn more about the tools and strategies involved in the functional medicine approach. 

Learning objectives:

• Collect and interpret a complete medical history using the chronological development of functional medicine, including antecedents, triggers, and mediators. 
• Identify the differences between food allergy, food intolerance and food sensitivity. 
• Select analyzes and tests and interpret the results to recognize food allergy, food intolerance and food sensitivity. 
• Recognize the different potential causes of depression. 
• Multifactorial analysis of depressive symptoms in a particular case. 
• Synthesize information using the functional medicine matrix to identify the root cause and appropriate interventions.