lifestyle medicine board certification

Demonstrate your competency in Lifestyle Medicine
The certification in Lifestyle Medicine demonstrates your competency in Lifestyle Medicine, augmenting your clinical or public health practice with in preventing, managing and reversing chronic and lifestyle-related diseases.  It will also leverage the collaborative team approach having the same line of discipline directed to value-based patient-centered care.

The Board Exam is given by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine with the Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine.  The certification is required for Physicians and Heath care Professionals who are practicing Lifestyle Medicine in the Philippines.

why certify?

​70 to 80% of all healthcare cost is spent treating chronic disease yet most health professionals treat chronic disease the same way they treat communicable disease.  Time has changed and the trend of lifestyle-related diseases are exponentially growing but health care providers are slowly adopting the integration of evidence-based lifestyle medicine in their clinical practice.
  • ​Demonstrate your competency
  • Provide value-based health care impact to your patients
  • Be part of the global movement
LIFESTYLE MEDICINE TRAINING ORIENTATION
Note: Please be aware that schedules may change without prior notice.
Recorded Information Session on Lifestyle Medicine Board Examination

LIFESTYLE MEDICINE BOARD EXAM (lmbe) for physicians

Certification in Lifestyle Medicine demonstrates your competency in Lifestyle Medicine, augmenting your clinical or public health practice with in preventing, managing and reversing chronic and lifestyle-related diseases.
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TRAINING CALENDAR​
BATCH 2022-2023
  • In-Service Exam (Theoretical) - August 20, 2023
  • In-Service Exam (OSCE) - September 03, 2023
  • National LM Board Examination ( Theoretical) - October 15, 2023
  • National LM Board Exam (OSCE)  - October 16-18, 2023
  • International Board Examination (IBLM) - December 5, 2023 
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BATCH 2023-2024
January-July 2023
LIFESTYLE MEDICINE COMPETENCY COURSE
  • Online self-paced course
  • Training Registration for General Practitioners with 2 years medical experience (18-24 months EDUCATIONAL TRACK)
  • Training Registration for Physicians with Residency/Diplomate certification (12-18 months EXPERIENTIAL TRACK)
  • Training Registration for Physicians with Fellowship certification (8 -12 months EXPERIENTIAL TRACK)
August 2023 - March 2024
PRECEPTORSHIP AND IMMERSION
  • Virtual preceptorship sessions
  • Hospital/Center-based LM Immersion
Requisites
  • Patient encounters (Shared Medical Appointments)
  • Lifestyle Medicine Procedures
  • Community-Engaged Lifestyle Medicine program
  • Lifestyle Medicine Research
April 2024
In-Service Exam (Written and OSCE) 
May 2024
National LMBE Theoretical Exam
June 2024
National LMBE - Oral and Practical Exam (OSCE)
December 2024
​International LMBE Written Exam (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine)

HOW TO CERTIFY?