Program Overview

Course Overview

Lifestyle Medicine for Cancer Prevention and Survivorship

This self-paced, 8-week online course will require around 15 hours of learning. It comprises a combination of written notes, recorded webinars, other video content, multiple choice questions, and a short written assignment. In addition, there are a number of additional resources that can be downloaded and saved for further learning.

Course Features

• The content of this course covers the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, namely healthy diets, physical activity, restorative sleep, healthy relationships, management of stress, and avoidance of harmful substances, and provides actionable takeaways for personal and professional practice.
• The course aims to provide individuals and practitioners the confidence to disseminate this information amongst their patients, families, and their communities.
• This course has been accredited for 15 CPD hours by the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM) and can count towards Maintenance of Certification for the diploma in lifestyle medicine by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
• This course has also been certified by the CPD Certification Service.

What You Need to Know

Course Start Date

• Various - see entry requirements

Location

• Distance Learning

Course Length

• 8 weeks

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• Apply Online

Typical Offer

• Health Professionals and Non-Health Professionals

Fees

• £250

Course Details

Key Contributors

• Dr. Shireen Kassam
• Dr. Laura Freeman
• Michelle Fedele, RD
• Dr. Aryan Tavakkoli
• Professor James Faulkner
• Dr. Sheena Fraser MBChB, MRCGP, DipBSLM
• Dr. Siobhan McCormack MBBS, DRCOG, DFSRH, DCH, MRCGP, DipIBLM

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Learning and Teaching

• Over the duration of this short course, participants will:
  • Discuss the rising burden of cancer globally and the hallmarks of cancer.
  • Understand the role of diet and lifestyle factors for cancer prevention, including the international guidelines on cancer prevention.
  • Discuss the evidence for lifestyle interventions during cancer treatment.
  • Understand the role of diet and lifestyle factors for improving cancer outcomes and quality of life after a cancer diagnosis.
  • Discuss the role of the microbiome in cancer development and its impact on cancer treatments.
  • Gain an overview of integrative oncology practices in order to better support patients to make informed choices.
  • Understand how to apply lifestyle medicine principles within clinical practice for cancer prevention and for people living with a cancer diagnosis.

Modules

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing.

• Module 1: General overview of cancer incidence and prevalence, hallmarks of cancer development, and mechanisms.
• Module 2: Dietary risk factors and healthy dietary patterns.
• Module 3: Cancer and the microbiome.
• Module 4: Physical activity and cancer prevention and survival.
• Module 5: Alcohol and cancer, smoking and cancer, stress and cancer.
• Module 6: Sleep and cancer, social connections and cancer.
• Module 7: Impact of lifestyle factors on survivorship and preventing comorbidities in people living with cancer.
• Module 8: The role of integrative oncology in cancer, the lifestyle medicine prescription; putting knowledge into practice, written assignment of 500-700 words, and an optional live Q&A session on Teams.

Entry Requirements

• UK: Health Professionals and Non-Health Professionals.
• International: No International Entry Requirements for this course.

Additional Costs

• For information about staff and student discounts, please contact the short course administrator.

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