The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and KMA are working together to offer KMA member physicians incentives for completing ACLM’s complimentary Lifestyle Medicine and Food as Medicine Essentials Course, which provides a foundational, evidence-based introduction to lifestyle medicine.
The Lifestyle Medicine and Food as Medicine Essentials Course, valued at $220, was highlighted as part of ACLM’s commitment to train 200,000 clinicians in support of 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Health and Nutrition. Nearly 48,000 physicians and health professionals have already registered for the course that participants reported in a research study resulted in significant improvement in their knowledge and confidence around lifestyle medicine.
The Lifestyle Medicine and Food as Medicine Essentials Course is available at no-cost to KMA members. Members can enroll by selecting “REGISTER NOW” at www.lifestylemedicine.org/essentials, logging in or creating an ACLM account, and entering the promo code ESS-KMASTEPS at check out.
The course consists of three modules, four presentations and 5.5 hours of CME content:
- Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine module (1 hour)
- Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Prevention and Longevity module (3 hours)
- Food as Medicine: Nutrition for Treatment and Risk Reduction module (1.5 hours)
KMA members who complete the course will be entered to receive incentives. KMA members Rishi Kumar, M.D., and Timothy Wilson, M.D., were selected at random as the winners of the first prize of two complimentary virtual LM2024 conference registrations.
KMA members can still complete the course to be entered to win the remaining prizes:
- Two comped registration for the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course, which is an authorized preparatory curricula used to fulfil the 30-hour non-live CME prerequisite to sit for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine Certification exam. The 2024 exam will be hosted the end of November and first part of December at Prometric testing centers, with each year’s deadline set for September 30; and
- Four complimentary registrations for ACLM’s Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Reversal of Insulin Resistance with Lifestyle Medicine Certificate course.
The collaboration is announced as KMA prepares for the launch of “Small STEPS, Big Impact,” its latest public health effort under the leadership of KMA President Evelyn Montgomery Jones, M.D. The campaign will encourage patients to achieve long-term success through taking simple steps that can add up to a big impact on their health. The campaign will focus on five key areas and offer straightforward strategies and support for patients. KMA physician members will be provided with additional training and resources so they can partner with patients as they take these steps and make changes together.
