The Lifestyle Medicine National Training Initiative (NTI), a commitment of more than $2 million in matching funds, will support training and certification for one physician in lifestyle medicine within each Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Community Health Center (CHC) across the United States.
Application Opens: January 15, 2024
Deadline: March 31, 2024
Eligibility
• A physician (MD or DO) practicing at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or Community Health Center (CHC)
• Physicians working within FQHCs/CHCs serving rural adults are strongly encouraged to apply
The National Training Initiative is an extension of ACLM’s commitment to the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Health and Nutrition, which also includes 5.5 complimentary hours of continuing medical education and continuing (CME/CE) credits in nutrition and lifestyle medicine coursework to 200,000 physicians and other medical professionals through September of 2025. To date, more than 32,000 medical professionals have registered for the course. Clinicians, especially those who are treating patients in areas with a high prevalence of diet-related disease, are invited to register at no charge for the “Lifestyle Medicine and Food as Medicine Essentials” online course at lifesylemedicine.org/WHConference.
