Education in lifestyle medicine for future physicians - a strategy to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT: There is a compelling need to improve all physicians' knowledge on lifestyle medicine (LM). This training needs to start early during medical education. This case report describes the feasibility and effects of integrating LM into an existing core curriculum of a Swedish undergraduate medical programme. A curriculum development project was organized using a six-step model: general needs assessment, targeted needs assessment, goals and objectives, educational strategies, implementation, and evaluation. New learning objectives regarding health, prevention and lifestyle medicine were formulated throughout the five-and-a-half-year programme. Learning activities and examinations were integrated in all courses with a structured progression and with focus on preventive activities in the workplace

SUBMITTER: Soderberg D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548798 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature