Education strategies to facilitate lifestyle medicine practice within health systems: a multiple case study of US health systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle medicine (LM) is an evidence-based field of medicine that is effective in treating and preventing leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Despite demonstrated impact, few physicians and other healthcare professionals regularly implement LM. Continuing education may be an effective avenue for improving practitioner knowledge, confidence, and practice of LM, but there is a gap in the understanding of how educational content and strategies can be utilized to effectively increase LM adoption. The purpose of this study is to identify educational strategies that facilitate the implementation of LM in health systems (HS).

Methods

Eight US HSs participated in this multiple case study. We conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews (n = 68 total; 6-8 within

SUBMITTER: Ames ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448416 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature