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. 2017 Apr 7;11(4):318-320.
doi: 10.1177/1559827617702318. eCollection 2017 Jul-Aug.

Navigating the Uncharted Waters of a Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship

Jeni A Shull  1
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Navigating the Uncharted Waters of a Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship

Jeni A Shull. Am J Lifestyle Med. .

Abstract

Lifestyle medicine (LM) is now recognized as a first-line treatment and disease reversal program for many chronic diseases. More providers are encouraged to prescribe lifestyle treatments, yet lack of training, inadequate time, and poor reimbursement hinder many physicians from actually following through, and few LM specialists are available for counsel or referral. With great strides in resolving these dilemmas, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine has created standards and competencies, and the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine will be holding its first exam for certification in LM in October 2017. Still no residency or fellowship program exists to train providers to become LM specialists. This article describes one physician's journey through an unaccredited fellowship in lifestyle medicine at Black Hills Health and Education Center under Dr John Kelly, founding president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Highlighting the differences of her lifestyle medicine training from her prior primary care and preventive medicine training, the author advocates for the formation of an accredited LM training program in intensive lifestyle medicine interventions.

Keywords: education; fellowship; lifestyle medicine.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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