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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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (BATCH 2022-2023):
Batch 2 (2022-02)
  • April 1 - May 31, 2022 - Registration for the last Grandfathering Batch
  • June 1-30, 2022 - Late registration
  • August 14 - October 15, 2022 - Preceptorship and Immersion Program
  • October 23 & 24, 2022 - In-service exam (written and OSCE)
  • November 20, 2022 - National LMBE Theoretical Segment
  • December 6, 2022 - International LMBE Written Exam (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine ) In-person - Iloilo
  • November 21-24, 2022 - National LMBE Oral and Practical Exam (OSCE)
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Batch 3 (2022-2023)
Admission for the last Inaugural Batch of Lifestyle Medicine Training is until October 15, 2022. The succeeding batches of trainings will be using the expanded competencies published at the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine in November 2022.​
July 1 - October 15, 2022
Note: Late registration is until December 16, 2022.
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)
December 18, 2022 - July 25, 2023
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
September 2023
In-Service Exam (Written and OSCE) 
October 15, 2023
National LMBE Theoretical Exam
October 16-18, 2023
National LMBE - Oral and Practical Exam (OSCE)
December 5, 2023
​International LMBE Written Exam (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine)

HOW TO CERTIFY?

CULINARY MEDICINE CERTIFICATION EXAM

The Certification Exam is given by the Philippine Board of Lifestyle Medicine once in each year. 

Certification Exam schedule:
  • Written exam (online) - December 11, 2022
  • Practical Exam (virtual) - December 12 & 13, 2022
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​ELIGIBILITY
  • Bachelors degree in health science (Nursing, Physical Therapy, Nutrition & Dietetics, Psychology, etc.)
​IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER (BATCH 2022-2023):
Batch 1
  • October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 - Registration
  • May 8 - July 31, 2022 - Preceptorship
  • August 21, 2022 - Evaluation exam
  • September 25, 2022 - Certification exam (written)
  • October 9, 2022 - Oral and Practical Exam

Batch 2
  • April 1 - May 31, 2022 - Registration
  • August 5, 2022 - Late registration
  • August 14 - October 15, 2022 - Preceptorship
  • October 23, 2022 - Evaluation exam
  • November 20, 2022 - Certification exam (written)
  • February 12, 2023 - Oral and Practical exam
NOTE: Please be aware that schedules may change without prior notice.
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