Credited Course for Lifestyle Medicine Fellowship Track

COURSE OBJECTIVES

  • Review the prevalence and incidence of prediabetes and diabetes type 2.
  • Understand the underlying determinants, modifiable common and intermediate risk factors in the development of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
  • Discuss the current advancement in understanding the metabolic processes and pathophysiology and  of diabetes.
  • Review the definitions of prediabetes and diabetes remission and reversal.
  • Discuss clinical practice tools and guidelines defining lifestyle interventions for prediabetes and diabetes type 2.
  • Review the previous efforts and current evidences on the remission and reversal of prediabetes and diabetes type 2.
  • Discuss the impact of nutrition prescription and culinary medicine in the prevention, management, remission and reversal of prediabetes and diabetes type 2.
  • Discuss the role of other lifestyle intervention including physical activity, sleep health, and stress reduction in the prevention, treatment, remission and reversal of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
  • Discuss the process for tapering and de-prescribing diabetes medications.
  • Understand the role of collaborative team approach in establishing lifestyle medicine program for prediabetes and diabetes type 2 reversal.
  • Demonstrate lifestyle medicine counseling for sustainable initiation, implementation and adherence to behavior change for diabetic patients.
  • Demonstrate application of lifestyle medicine practice tools for effective assessment and monitoring of patients under diabetes remission and reversal program

course outline

  • Module 1:  Diabetes Treatment: Then and Now
  • Module 2:  The current understanding on the metabolic processes and pathophysiology of diabetes
  • Module 3:  Underlying determinants and modifiable risk factors for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes
  • Module 4:  Diabetes Remission versus Reversal
  • Module 5:  Clinical practice tools and guidelines for Prediabetes and diabetes type 2 management
  • Module 6:  Evidence-based intervention for prediabetes and diabetes type 2 remission and reversal
  • Module 7:  Nutrition prescription & culinary medicine for diabetes prevention, management, remission & reversal 
  • Module 8:  Intensive Lifestyle medicine intervention for prediabetes and diabetes type 2
  • Module 9:   Tapering and De-Prescribing diabetes medications
  • Module 10: Establishing Intensive therapeutic lifestyle medicine program for prediabetes and diabetes type 2
  • PRACTICUM
  • EVALUATION

course credit

A Certificate of Completion on Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Intervention for Prediabetes and Diabetes Type 2 will be issued after satisfying the course requisites.
This course has an equivalent CME credit that can be used for:
  • Maintenance of PCLM Diplomate Certification
  • PCLM Fellowship application

course LAUNCHING AND delivery

The course is composed of 10 modules delivered in asynchronous digital format equivalent to 120 hours length including practicum and evaluation.  The module requirements can be accomplished within 12 months period and will be followed by the practicum and evaluation.

course pricing

Category
Non-Member
PCLM Member
Physician/Doctoral
Regular: P10500
​Regular:  P9500
Allied Health Professional
Regular: P9500
Regular: P8500
Student
Regular: P8500
​Regular: P7500

faculty

MECHELLE ACERO PALMA, MD, MMHA, DipIBLM, DPCLM, FACLM
Family Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine Physician
President, Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine
President, Remnant Institute Inc.
Founding Education Director, ASLM and PCLM
Founder, Culinary Medicine Asia
​Lead Faculty, Lifestyle Medicine Competency Course
​Faculty, Lifestyle Medicine Coaching Course
Faculty, Adventist University of the Philippines, College of Medicine & College of Health
BIENVENIDO TAMANO, MD, MPH, FPAFP, DipIBLM, DPCLM
​Family Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Diabetologist
Medical Director, Tagaytay Medical Center
Faculty, Adventist University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Training Officer, Family & Community Medicine Residency, TMC
CRISTINA JARING, MD, FPCP
Endocrinologist, Diabetologist
BLECENDA VARONA, RND, DrPH, DipIBLM, FACLM
Registered Dietician, Lifestyle Medicine Professional
Founder, Asian Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
​Faculty, Adventist University of the Philippines College of Health
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