FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 29, 2024
CONTACT: Emily Schott
KMA Director of Communications
502-341-1926
schott@kyma.org
American College of Lifestyle Medicine, KMA Announce Education Challenge for
KMA Member Physicians
LOUISVILLE, KY—The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the Kentucky Medical Association (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 by Sept. 30 will be entered to receive incentives, including:
- Two complimentary virtual LM2024 conference registrations, set for October 27-30, with registrant access to all of the recorded content, having through the end of the year to consume it for the purpose of securing live CME;
- 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.
“I’m excited to be able to offer this opportunity from the ACLM to KMA physicians, especially as we look for ways to improve the health status of our patients and our state,” Dr. Montgomery Jones said. “The ACLM’s courses speak to a number of the goals of our ‘Small STEPS, Big Impact’ campaign, and we hope many of our physician members will take advantage of this program.”
ACLM CEO Susan Benigas called the collaboration vital for ensuring that KMA physician members develop the foundation of knowledge they need to help patients utilize lifestyle medicine to address the root cause of most chronic diseases.
“ACLM is delighted that KMA and Dr. Montgomery Jones have taken the initiative to ensure that completion of this award-winning, evidence-based introduction to lifestyle medicine and food as medicine is incentivized to all physician members,” Benigas said. “I hope physicians take advantage of this complimentary CME opportunity to learn how lifestyle medicine can benefit their patients and themselves.”
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About KMA
The Kentucky Medical Association is a non-profit 501(c)(6) organization that supports physician members and their patients with a variety of services. The KMA, established in 1851, represents and supports nearly 7,000 physicians, physician residents, and medical students across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Learn more about the KMA and its programs at www.kyma.org.
About the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Serving as a transformation catalyst, disruptor of the status quo, and a galvanized force for change, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine is the nation’s medical professional society advancing the field of lifestyle medicine as the foundation of a redesigned, value-based and equitable healthcare delivery system, essential to achieving the Quintuple Aim and whole person health. ACLM represents, advocates for, trains, certifies, and equips its members to identify and eradicate the root cause of chronic disease by optimizing modifiable risk factors. ACLM is filling the gaping void of lifestyle medicine—including food as medicine—in medical education, doing so across the entire medical education continuum, while also advancing research, clinical practice and reimbursement strategies. Adding years to lives and life to years, while reining in the alarming, unsustainable trajectory of healthcare spending, is what lifestyle medicine delivers. www.lifestylemedicine.org
