Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine

​Lifestyle change, as an essential treatment intervention to addressing chronic disease, is increasing among physicians and health professionals internationally. Lifestyle, once recognized as an essential prevention strategy, is now acknowledged as a foundational and efficacious treatment approach for a redesigned healthcare system for improved outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient satisfaction. In this course, the 2020-2022 ACLM President, Cate Collings, MD, MS, FACC, FACLM defines lifestyle medicine, discusses the evidence base, explains six key interventions, and demonstrates how lifestyle medicine has the power to treat and often reverse disease and provide a solution for real health care reform.

This course expires November 9, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.  

Course Format

This course consists of ​1​ module lecture and ​1.5​hours of content. 

Target Audience

(Accredited) 

This activity is intended for physicians, including family medicine physicians, internal medicine physicians, and physicians practicing or interested in lifestyle medicine, who are engaged in the prevention, treatment, and management of chronic disease across clinical settings. 

Additional Learners (Non-Accredited) 

Other healthcare professionals interested in chronic disease prevention and lifestyle-based care are welcome to participate and may find the content valuable. However, continuing education (CE) credit is not available for this activity. Learners seeking CE credit may complete this content as part of the CE-accredited course, Lifestyle Medicine Fundamentals: Framework for Success. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Define lifestyle medicine.  
  2. Discuss the importance and timeliness of lifestyle medicine.  
  3. Review evidence and current endorsements and guidelines for lifestyle medicine.    
  4. Illustrate six lifestyle pillars to treat, reverse and prevent non-communicable, chronic disease.  
  5. Explore unique components of a lifestyle medicine practice.    
  6. Describe opportunities to train and certify in lifestyle medicine.  
  7. Discuss the emerging priorities for lifestyle medicine.    
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.50 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/10/2025 to 11/9/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.50 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.50 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.50 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens: 
11/10/2025
Course expires: 
11/09/2026
Cost:
$60.00

Cate Collings, MD, MS, FACC, FACLM   

Dr. Collings is a past president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), where she focused on guiding lifestyle medicine into mainstream medicine and scaling programs and practitioners nationwide. She currently serves ACLM as a delegate to the American Medical Association. 

Dr. Collings has board certifications in cardiology, internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, and lifestyle medicine, holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology, and has received professional culinary and coaching certifications. She received her education from the University of California, Wisconsin, and Stanford University Medical Center. She is a member of the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, and the International Coaching Federation. 

Dr. Collings has 30 years of experience as a general, invasive, and imaging cardiologist at El Camino Health in Silicon Valley of the SF Bay area. While there, she was the founding Medical Director of the Cardiopulmonary Wellness Center, founding Director of the Lifestyle Medicine service line, and led Women’s Heart initiatives. In recent years, she has worked as a Chief Medical Officer in digital health, scaling evidence-based lifestyle and behavior change solutions to employers and patients. She serves on many advisory boards, including the Pritikin Heart Institute Advisory Board. Dr. Collings founded CALIE LLC, Cardiovascular and Lifestyle Empowerment, providing executive health coaching and strategic advisory services. 

Dr. Collings provides culinary medicine events at a regional horse ranch to raise awareness on the interdependence of human, planetary, and animal health and well-being. She participates in adventure travel worldwide and has a passion for many sports, including cycling, tennis, horseback riding, hiking, and skiing. 

 

Accreditation Statement, Disclosure Information and Credit Designation Statements

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by RUSH University Medical Center and American College of Lifestyle Medicine. RUSH University Medical Center is Jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

Disclosure Information

Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.

It is the policy of the Interprofessional Continuing Education office at RUSH to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias. Therefore, we manage all financial relationships associated with accredited continuing education activities. RUSH asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.

An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of relationships to education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing education activity. If a financial relationship is identified for the person in control of content, conflict mitigation strategies will be used to mitigate the financial relationship before they assume their role.

Individuals in control of content for this activity have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose and all financial relationships have been mitigated.

  • Rohit Moghe, PharmD, MSPH, CDCES: Member, Speaker's Bureau - Novo Nordisk

All other individuals in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AAFP Prescribed

    The AAFP has reviewed Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.50 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/10/2025 to 11/9/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 ABIM Medical Knowledge

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

  • 1.50 ABLM MOC

    The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 1.50 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.

  • 1.50 ABS Accredited CME

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Rush Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)

    Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Price

Cost:
$60.00
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Access to online material is granted through the term of approval, which ends November 9, 2026. 
 

Participant User Agreement (Terms of Use and Copyright) 

Before registering for a Continuing Education/Continuing Medical Education Course (“Training”) for the first time, carefully review the following conditions of usage at https://lifestylemedicine.org/terms-of-use-and-copyright/

Registering for an American College of Lifestyle Medicine Course indicates your acceptance of the Participant User Agreement and its terms and conditions. 

Required Hardware/software

This course can be viewed on desktop or tablet using a modern browser and most mobile devices. Speakers or headphones are required for this course.