Lifestyle Medicine

An Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine

Overview: Chronic diseases including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases tend to be of long duration and are the result of complex lifestyle factors. Current healthcare and medicine approaches often offer insufficient solutions to the problems faced. Lifestyle medicine can be a part of the solution in addressing areas to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. Join us on this first in a series of webinars where we go through the basics and introduce you to the concept of lifestyle medicine. 

Learning outcomes: This recorded webinar will enable you to:

• Describe what lifestyle medicine is
• Define the pillars of lifestyle medicine
• Recognise the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to lifestyle medicine
• Know what resources and services are available to support patients and
  healthcare professionals

Speaker: Dr Kate Holliman GP and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner

Facilitated by: Dr Mike Barker GP CPD Lead and Catrin Windsor-Jones, Pharmacy CPD Regional Lead.

Recorded: March 2023  Duration: 52 minutes

Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine - Sleep

Overview: Lifestyle medicine can be a part of the solution in addressing areas to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. We recently introduced ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ (see above). Following on from that, we now explore one of the main pillars of Lifestyle Medicine - Sleep.

Learning outcomes: This recorded webinar will enable you to:

• Describe why sleep is an important pillar of Lifestyle Medicine
• Define good sleep practices
• Recognise the importance of good quality sleep
• Know what resources and services are available to support patients and healthcare professionals.

Speaker: Dr Kate Holliman GP and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner

Facilitated by: Dr Mike Barker GP CPD Lead and Catrin Windsor-Jones, Pharmacy CPD Regional Lead.

Recorded: June 2023  Duration: 54 minutes

Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine - Physical Activity

Overview: Lifestyle medicine can be a part of the solution in addressing areas to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. We recently introduced ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ (see above). Following on from that, we now explore another of the main pillars of Lifestyle Medicine - Physical Activity.

Learning outcomes: This recorded webinar will enable you to:

• Describe why physical activity is an important pillar of Lifestyle Medicine
• Define physical activity
• Recognise the importance of physical activity
• Know what resources and services are available to support patients and healthcare professionals.

Speaker: Dr Neeraj Sharma GP and Sports Medicine Doctor

Facilitated by: Dr Mike Barker GP CPD Lead and Catrin Windsor-Jones, Pharmacy CPD Regional Lead.

Recorded: July 2023  Duration: 58 minutes

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