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: with pills and injections.  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

certification categories

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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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (BATCH 2021):
  • May 15, 2021 - Final registration for Lifestyle Medicine training
  • June 30, 2021 - Last acceptance of LMBE application
  • September 26-28, 2021 - 5th Annual Conference of PCLM (Online Summit)​
  • November 2021 - LMBE Theoretical Segment 1 (Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine)
  • November 2021 - LMBE Theoretical Segment 2 (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine) - via PROMETRICS
  • December 2021 - Oral and Practical Exam



Due to the current Pandemic related regulations and restrictions combined with the uncertainty on transportation and actual mass gathering, the 2021 board exam will be delivered through a virtual platform.
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lifestyle medicine certification exam for HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 

ELIGIBILITY
  • Masters or Doctorate degree in health science
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​IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (BATCH 2021):
  • May 15, 2021 - Final registration for Lifestyle Medicine training
  • June 30, 2021 - Last acceptance of Certification exam application
  • September 26-28, 20211 - 5th Annual Conference of PCLM (Online Summit)​
  • November 2021 - Theoretical Segment 1 (Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine)
  • November 2021 - Theoretical Segment 2 (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine) - via ​PROMETRICS
  • December 2021 - Oral and Practical Exam


Lifestyle medicine certification for allied health practitioners

ELIGIBILITY
  • Bachelors degree in health science (Nursing, Physical Therapy, Nutrition & Dietetics, Psychology, etc.)

​IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (BATCH 2021):
  • May 15, 2021 - Final registration for Lifestyle Medicine training
  • June 30, 2021 - Last acceptance of Certification exam application
  • September 26-28, 2021 - 5th Annual Conference of PCLM (Online Summit)​
  • November 2021 - Theoretical exam
  • December 2021 - Oral and Practical Exam

CULINARY MEDICINE CERTIFICATION EXAM

The Certification Exam is given by the Philippine Board of Lifestyle Medicine once in each year.  Due to the pandemic restrictions the exam was moved to October 2021 ( virtual platform).           
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Culinary Medicine Specialist is a designation that identifies clinician, coaches, chefs and other practitioners who have the comprehensive knowledge on nutrition, culinary coaching and culinary skills as foundation in providing nutrition prescription to improve health and manage lifestyle-related diseases.

lifestyle medicine coaching certification

Details coming up!