LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

The Power Of Healthy Habits

Asynchronous/synchronous 8-week online course; 40 study hours

Awarded with Certification of Completion - Instant Access on Request

The comprehensive course Lifestyle Medicine facilitates students and wellness professionals, such as health educators, present and future healthcare practitioners, registered dieticians, exercise physiologists, psychologists, nurses, physical therapists, and other allied health professionals, as well as professional coaches and students in coaching, who want to further develop their skills in the wellness niche with an understanding of the principles and concepts of integrated health coaching. This course is valuable to anyone interested in coaching skills for evidence-based health behavior change.

Lifestyle medicine emphasizes the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as a predominantly whole-food, plant-based diet, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substance use, and other non-drug modalities to treat and often reverse and prevent lifestyle-related chronic diseases that are all too prevalent.

Lifestyle medicine acknowledges the link between lifestyle and health outcomes.

Lifestyle medicine also recognizes the science behind health behavior change. The importance of providing tailored nutrition and exercise prescriptions and recognizing the value of a multi-disciplinary approach is foundational to lifestyle medicine.

Lifestyle medicine emphasizes the value of a team approach and the need for support from a qualified healthcare team. In order for the team to be successful, each member of the team must bring their own skill set to help patients make sustainable lifestyle changes.

Lifestyle medicine practitioners and health and wellness coaches need to be knowledgeable in a variety of areas, including lifestyle assessments, effective relationships, collaborating with patients, working with a team of caregivers, making referrals, utilizing medical information and technology, and promoting healthy habits as a foundation for health. Another core competency involves the need for and value of the personal practice of a healthy lifestyle.

The course includes weekly Zoom Sessions allowing for questions and more in-depth tutorials.

All Medica Nova Online Education Courses are accessible via a Learning Management System, an open and reliable web-based software that allows our students to manage and assess online learning materials.

For further information, contact Medica Nova at health@medicanova.net

Course Fee: $ 300