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Prepare for Lifestyle Medicine Certification while earning your MS degree or certification at RFU
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS) offers both a Partial and Full Academic Pathway program in collaboration with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). RFUMS's Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition programs allow health professions students earning a Master’s Degree or Certificate to complete prerequisites for ACLM certification eligibility during their academic journey at RFUMS.
Partial Academic Pathway
With successful completion of HLSM 500 (Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine) or HNUT 510 (Modern Nutrition), students earn a waiver for the 20-hour Live-/Conference CME prerequisite to sit for the Lifestyle Medicine certification exam following graduation.
Eligible health professions programs at RFUMS include nursing, physician associate, physical therapy, nurse practitioner, dietitian, podiatry, pharmacy, psychology, and public health
Full Academic Pathway
RFUMS is designated as one of only eight universities that offer a Full Academic Pathway in collaboration with ACLM. Students in this pathway fulfill all of the education prerequisites to sit for the Lifestyle Medicine certification exam following graduation.
Completion of HLSM 500 (Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine) and the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course (within HLSM 690 courses) satisfies the prerequisites specific to health professions students to sit for the Lifestyle Medicine certification exam following graduation.
- Be well prepared to sit for the Lifestyle Medicine Certification Exam following graduation.
- Eligible health professions programs at RFUMS include nursing, physician associate, physical therapy, nurse practitioner, dietitian, podiatry, pharmacy, psychology, and public health.