Rolling Admission, Online
Online, Self-directed, rolling admission
Start any time. Online - Self-Paced.
Jen Uschold
RegisterLifestyle Medicine and Nutrition
For: PT, PTA, OT, OTA, MD, DO, RN, NP, PA, PSYCH, ATC, Other Licensed Health Care Providers
Nutrition plays a vital role in health and wellness. This course will help the learner recognize the role food plays in lifestyle-related disease. In Lifestyle Medicine, the practitioner must move beyond diets and work to change behaviors through medical nutrition counseling. A special focus will be on nutritional prescription that will inspire clients to change food consumption habits to improve the human experience.
Course Objectives/Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful participant will be able to:
- Understand current American dietary guidelines and how science-based recommendations are different
- List key macro and micronutrient areas where Americans get too much and or are lacking
- Understand how to make Lifestyle Medicine Nutrition Recommendations
- Describe the role and implication of nutrition in common Lifestyle Related diseases and how Lifestyle Medicine can prevent/treat/reverse
- Summarize how the physiology of diabetes is impacted with plant-based nutrition • Briefly describe role of epigenetics and nutrition
- Summarize impact of nutrition on sleep
- Cite relevant nutrition studies for nutrition prescriptions
- Be able to use nutrition in all phases of illness and health
- Develop an understanding on how to coach a person through a nutrition prescription
Applicability
Evidence in Motion is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 5557. This distance learning-independent activity is offered at 11.5 Contact hours/ 1.15 CEUs Introductory, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences is the accredited provider and has approved this activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, American Osteopathic Association credit, nursing contact hours, and continuing education contact hours. The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity. If you have questions regarding continuing education credit, please email cme@dmu.edu.
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