Lifestyle Medicine (LM) Program Certification
The LM Program Certification is a designation that can be awarded to structured programs that use a consistent protocol. The Program Certification designation is not for clinics, departments, individual practices, or health systems. Practices or health systems that wish to grow their LM knowledge and alignment should consider having staff join as individual members of ACLM, as well as pursuing individual Certification of staff in LM through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine or the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, as appropriate.
The Program Certification is divided into two tracks – LM Treatment Programs and LM Education Programs. The requirements for each are similar but slightly different, and are presented below.
Applications will be live in the second quarter of 2024. If you would like to ask more questions about the requirements, please email ACLM Sr. Dir. of Research Dr. Micaela Karlsen at mkarlsen@lifestylemedicine.org.
Click here to download minimum requirements and an overview of LM Program Certification Application questions.
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