The Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum (LMRC)

The LMRC is a comprehensive, applicable and flexible curriculum designed for integrated implementation into medical residency programs.  Driven by resident involvement, the curriculum has included residents in every aspect of its creation. The curriculum is designed to be deliverable by residents to their peers, who become a local resource for Lifestyle Medicine information. The educational component includes 40 hours of in-person didactic material along with 60 hours of asynchronous application with application activities designed to be presented and completed over a 2-year time period. The practicum component enables residents to clearly demonstrate ongoing exposure to and use of the principles of lifestyle medicine in the clinical setting with patients. Upon completion of both the educational and practicum components of the curriculum, residents will be qualified for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine certification exam.

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Interested in Integrating the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum into your residency?

Do you want to become a Lifestyle Medicine Board Eligible residency program?

Complete the brief Interest Form* to tell us more about your program and we will be in touch.

INTEREST FORM

*If you are interested in becoming a site for the LMRC and a Lifestyle Medicine Board Eligible residency for the 2022-2023 residency academic year, please fill out the following form by March 15, 2022. All forms accepted after March 15, 2022 will be eligible for LMRC implementation in the 2023-2024 residency academic year

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and American Board of Lifestyle Medicine are pleased to offer fifty (50) Full-Ride Lifestyle Medicine Certification Scholarships.

Scholarships are available to Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine residency leaders interested in learning more about Lifestyle Medicine and in implementing the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum program at their residency site. 

Scholarships are limited to one per residency site.

Questions? Contact us at LMRC@lifestylemedicine.org

Webinar on the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum Implementation

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Learning Objectives:

• Describe how the LMRC fits within the overall spectrum of Lifestyle Medicine education, training and certification
• Review the history of the LMRC pilot version and provide an update on the LMRC version 1.0 debut
• Discuss the framework needed for successful implementation of the LMRC
• Share the strengths, challenges, and benefits of the LMRC
  
   

The LMRC has a requirement for 20 hours of Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (ITLC) program participation and/or observation. Many residencies who adopted the LMRC struggle to find a means of meeting this requirement. In an effort to meet this need, we established a relationship with the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) to provide access to the online, 20-hour equivalent CHIP with incentivized pricing. Each participant, whether a resident, faculty or patient, is given access for 12 months with an assigned group facilitator/administrator per LMRC site to manage the experience. Upon completion of the entire program, participants will be given credit for the LMRC 20-hour ITLC requirement. For more information, please refer to the CHIP flyer. For more information and to register, please visit online.chiphealth.com/lmrc