Lifestyle Medicine For Coaches
What is a lifestyle medicine coach?
Lifestyle Medicine Coaches partner with clients seeking self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness and, thereby, enhance well-being. They support clients to engage in the practices of lifestyle medicine, such as healthy diet, regular exercise, good sleep and stress management, in order to become healthier and happier.
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Why do Coaches need lifestyle medicine?
Up to 85 cents of every dollar spent on healthcare in the United States pays for the treatment of conditions rooted in poor lifestyle choices. This 21.5-hour e-course provides an in-depth overview of the leading lifestyle medicine topics. Coaches will gain an understanding of the whole human health experience and become effectively trained to educate, equip and empower their clients with lifestyle choices to prevent, treat and, often, even reverse chronic and select autoimmune disease. This lifestyle medicine course addresses the need for quality education and credentialing while supporting coaches in their individual practices or as part of a multidisciplinary team in their collective desire to promote lifestyle medicine as the primary treatment of choice.
From ACLM
Establishing a standard for health coaches in lifestyle medicine will help ensure that crucial information is consistently of the highest caliber. Coaches reach an enormous number of people, and, with standardized training in lifestyle medicine, they'll have an enhanced ability to promote health and prevent disease. The public can be confident that certified coaches are practicing at a high standard and providing evidence-based guidance. Certified Health and Wellness Coaches who specialize in lifestyle medicine will become integral members of the lifestyle medicine practice team, contributing importantly to the treatment and even reversal of disease.
David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, Past President of the ACLM
Topics Include
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Lifestyle Medicine: Introduction, integration into health care and resources
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Basic Biometrics
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Health and Lifestyle Diseases (Preventing Death and Disability)
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Active Living: Physical Activity and Functional Fitness
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Culinary Medicine: Basic Nutrition
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Emotional Well-being and Resiliency
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Positive Psychology and Health
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Substance Use and Addictions
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Sleep Health
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Brain Health
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Shared Decision Making
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Interpreting Coaching Research
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Coaching for Culinary Medicine
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Mental Health Literacy
Course Content
Course Completion
The course includes 21.5 hours of self-paced content, in the form of videos, questions for reflection, and journal prompts. It is divided into six sections, each followed by a knowledge assessment, to aid the student in digestion and application of the learning. To earn a "Certificate of Attendance", students must view each of the lessons in full, complete the six knowledge assessments with 80% accuracy, and complete a course survey.
If you are a Certified Wellcoach® through Wellcoaches, or have earned the "National Board Certified - Health and Wellness Coach" (NBC-HWC) designation from the NBHWC, you may earn the "Lifestyle Medicine Coach Certificate" after course completion. If you are not a Wellcoaches Certified Health and Wellness Coach (or have an Invalid or Inactive status), or a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), you will earn a "Certificate of Attendance" after course completion.