Online Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum: Development and Implementation
摘要
Many healthcare professional schools do not have the space in their curriculum to teach lifestyle medicine. Barriers to including lifestyle medicine in the core curriculum include a lack of faculty trained/knowledgeable in exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress resiliency, social connection, and avoidance of risky substances. Resources/funding are needed to deliver these programs. Online programs fill gaps in lifestyle medicine education by providing evidence-based, high-quality courses taught by lifestyle medicine experts. Online courses are scalable, replicable, and reliable. Faculty presenting from their home offices on Zoom lowers the cost of production. Online education removes the transportation barrier, eliminates any potential cost of parking, and makes learning convenient. Asynchronous online courses also remove the barrier of finding the time in the workday as they can be taken at any time on any day the learner chooses.