'I Feel Like It Was a Springboard for Certain Changes in My Life': A Qualitative Analysis of Medicine and Health Sciences Students' Experiences of Lifestyle Medicine Education.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Medical school and health professions education can be stressful for students, leading them to neglect their personal wellbeing and adopt unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. The RCSI Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine was developed to provide evidence-based knowledge on six pillars of lifestyle medicine, and outline strategies to help students adopt healthy lifestyle behaviours which they can apply to their personal and professional lives. The aim of this study was to examine student's perceptions of their lifestyle behaviours and preparation for clinical practice following course completion. Methods: Undergraduate and postgraduate medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, physician associates and research students enrolled in the online RCSI Certificate in Lifestyle Medici

SUBMITTER: Mellon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411479 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature