Family physicians prescribing lifestyle medicine: feasibility of a national training programme

Abstract

A training programme in LM appears feasible and could have a positive impact on interested family physicians' attitudes and confidence in prescribing LM. Thus, 'Healthy Israel 2020' and other programmes worldwide, which aim to improve health behaviours and decrease the impact of chronic diseases, might consider including family physicians training.

Lifestyle medicine course for family medicine residents: preliminary assessment of the impact on knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and personal health

“…Those results are in accordance with the positive effects achieved through a similar training course provided to family medicine specialists 23. The difference is in the magnitude of change, which was larger in the specialists and could be attributed to the higher overall assessments provided by residents at baseline compared with those of specialists.…”

“…This might have affected their optimism and confidence regarding the ability of people to change—their precourse scores were already relatively high, therefore with lower chances of changing upwards. It should be noted that in our previous publication23 the mean precourse scores to the same survey question among family medicine specialist (with a mean age of 45 years and 17 of working experience) were 2.9–3, compared with the current study with family medicine residents (with a mean age of 35 years and 5.7 of working experience), where the scores were higher—3.3–3.4 (from a Likert scale of 1–4).…”

“…This instrument was developed to assess family physician's current status, and validated in a previous study with the same demographic population and culture as the participants in this study 28. We have also applied it successfully in our own previous research for evaluating LM course for family physicians 23. In short, this instrument included the following: (1) thirteen Likert scale items assessing attitude regarding LM (1=absolutely disagree; 4=absolutely agree; α=0.78), (2) nine Likert scale items assessing confidence and knowledge for LM counselling (1=absolutely not confident; 4=absolutely confident; α=0.82), (3) two yes/no questions and two 1–5 point Likert scale questions assessing personal health behaviours and (4) five sociodemographic items.…”

Online nutrition and T2DM continuing medical education course launched on state-level medical association

“…Various formats, length of CME, and accompanying credits provide versatile offerings for physicians to obtain CME credits. Multicourse CME programs have been shown to be successful in knowledge gain and practical application of material into practice 12,13. The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has a basic and advanced 30 CME Lifestyle Medicine Training Curriculum which encompasses several key competencies to integrate lifestyle medicine into practice.…”

Patients' Preferences in Selecting Family Physician in Primary Health Centers: A Qualitative-Quantitative Approach

“…As it is of particular importance in the formation of infrastructure in different parts of society, the ultimate goal of any country's healthcare system is to improve the health of individuals so that they can participate in social and economic activities with adequate health (1).In this regard, attention has been paid to social inequalities in access to health services and followed by the need for reform aiming at increasing the productivity of the healthcare system has begun in many areas of the world (2). One of the most successful and comprehensive health plans in the developing and developed countries is presenting the package of health care services recommended by family physicians (FPs).The FP is responsible for providing health services within a defined range, without any prejudice to age, sex and socioeconomic status to the individuals, families, and communities (3)(4)(5). In Iran, FP program was launched in rural areas and cities with fewer than 20,000 people.…”