Build your foundation in lifestyle medicine—and prepare to certify with confidence.

The Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course delivers the core knowledge every lifestyle medicine clinician needs. Comprehensive and self-paced, it’s the trusted study tool for certification prep—expertly designed to boost your confidence on test day and empower you to apply lifestyle medicine in practice.

Description

The Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course, 4th edition, is an evidence-based course designed to provide a review of and successfully prepare candidates for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM) Certification Exam (ABLM.org/how). This course development was led by coauthors and faculty Jeni Shull Clayton, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FACLM, and Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH, DipABOM, DipACLM, FAAFP, FACLM, with additional support from subject matter experts in the field of lifestyle medicine. 

The Foundations Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course is comprised of 10 sections with 12 lectures, and consists of 30 hours of content.  

Each section is broken down with the following course materials: 

• Introduction 
• Review Lecture 
• Quiz 
• Survey evaluation 

This course expires May 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.  

Course Format

Credits: Please note that this course does NOT provide CME and therefore it is NOT approved to fulfill the ABLM 30 online CME prerequisite to sit for the ABLM exam. If you would like to earn CME/CE for this course and/or use the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course as a prerequisite to sit for the ABLM exam, please purchase the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course (30 CME/CE). 

The Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review, 4th edition, is hosted online via the ACLM Learning Management System (LMS) and consists of 3 main components:  

• COMPONENT 1 - Board Review eBook and Quiz Questions (20 hours): The interactive eBook manual is available after course purchase and can be accessed offline and via mobile device. The 354-page eBook consists of 10 sections with detailed graphics, table, and figures and an index.
• COMPONENT 2 - Online Review Lectures (10 hours): There are 10 hours of review lectures that correspond with the board review eBook.
• COMPONENT 3 - Section Quizzes: There are 10 section quizzes that consist of 180 total questions, that correspond with each of the 10 eBook sections and review lectures.

 The course eBook, review lectures and section quizzes align with the 10 ABLM exam topic sections and competencies and review the following sections: 

• Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine | Amanda McKinney, MD, DipABLM, FACLM 
• Fundamentals of Health Behavior Change | Jasmol Sardana, DO, DipABLM, FACLM & Erika Jackson, MLHR, MCC, CPHWC, NBC-HWC   
• Key Clinical Processes in Lifestyle Medicine | Beth Motley, MD, DipABLM, FACLM 
• The Role of the Practitioner’s Personal Health and Community Advocacy | Gia Merlo, MD, MBA, MEd, DipABLM, FACLM & Kelly Freeman, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, DipACLM   
• Nutrition Science, Assessment, and Prescription | Part 1: Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH & Part 2: Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM  
• Physical Activity Science and Prescription | Stephen Carek, MD, CAQSM, DipABLM 
• Emotional and Mental Health  Assessment and Interventions | Robyn Tiger, MD, DipABLM & Jeni Shull Clayton, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FACLM 
• Sleep Health Science and Interventions | Brandy Roane, PhD, DBSM   
• Treating Tobacco Use Disorder and Managing Other Toxic Exposures | Jill R. Selzle, PA-C, NCTTP, DipACLM, c-TTS & Claudia Moore, MD 
• The Role of Connectedness and Positive Psychology | Simon Matthews, FASLM, MHlthSc, DipIBLM, MAPS, NBC-HWC, ICF-PCC & Darren Morton, PhD, DipIBLM 

Section Survey Evaluation: Each of the 10 section review lectures include a survey evaluation. 

Key Lifestyle Medicine Article Summaries: A downloadable PDF that summarizes 10 “key” lifestyle medicine articles is included in this course as an additional bonus resource.