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ForwardSunday Pre-Conference Workshop: Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments: Implementation Into Real-World Practice
Shared Medical Appointments are medical appointments provided to multiple patients in a group setting by a single physician or other health professional, and may include patient education, counseling and group support. Administering shared medical appointments is an essential skill in lifestyle medicine practice. The Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum requires 20 hours spent in group visits. The USPSTF recommends that those with impaired glucose tolerance and with overweight/obesity and certain risk factors receive intensive multi-component lifestyle intervention, which can be delivered using shared medical appointments. Shared medical appointments have been endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians as “a proven, effective method for enhancing a patient’s self-care of chronic conditions, increasing patient satisfaction, and improving outcomes”. Lifestyle medicine shared medical appointments provide an opportunity to provide lifestyle medicine intervention to a larger number of patients and therefore reduce chronic disease. Therefore, it is essential for lifestyle medicine certified physicians and health professionals to become proficient in the delivery of this modality of treatment. In this workshop, we will describe the implementation of lifestyle medicine shared medical appointments within the Obesity Medicine Clinic UC San Diego Health Center for Digestive Diseases and the Corewell Health Lifestyle Medicine Specialty Practice. We will provide a short introduction on shared medical appointments and discuss at length how to navigate the logistical challenges associated with implementation of lifestyle medicine shared medical appointments, and how to bill insurance. Participants will break out into groups of beginner and intermediate levels to help participants move into concrete steps for implementation.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the tools and resources used to stand up a robust shared medical appointment series, or one-off visit.
- Describe business measures and strategies utilized to understand what SMA’s are doing for your practice and patients, including outcomes measures, data collecting and financial reporting.
- Determine how shared medical appointments are implemented in a clinical setting including lifestyle medicine, specialty and primary care practices, with examples and frameworks of successfully implemented programs within the practice.
- Carolyn F. Vollmer, MD, dipABLM, LM Intensivist
- Deepa Sannidhi, MD, MPH
- Kara E. Tibbe, MBA, NBC-HWC
Available Credit
- 3.00 AAFP Prescribed
The AAFP has reviewed Sunday Pre-Conference Workshop: Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments: Implementation Into Real-World Practice and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/15/2025 to 1/15/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 ABLM MOC
The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 3.00 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.
- 3.00 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.
- 3.00 ACPE Pharmacy
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.
- 3.00 ACPE Technician
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Rush Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 ANCC
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 nursing contact hour(s).
- 3.00 APA
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
- 3.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 general continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Attendance
Successful completion of this course activity, including active participation in the evaluation component, entitles the learner to receive a participation certificate from ACLM. Please note that this certificate is offered solely in recognition of engagement, and no academic or professional credit is awarded.
- 3.00 CPEU
This Enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 3.00 CPEUs.
- 3.00 Occupational Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 Physical Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.