Lifestyle Medicine
TITLE: Lifestyle Medicine
COURSE NO.: SOMN 701
DEPARTMENT: Psychiatry and Family Medicine
DURATION: One semesters
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR: Angele McGrady, Ph.D., MEd, LPCC (Responsible for grading) Angele.mcgrady@utoledo.edu; 419-383-5653
ELECTIVE COORDINATOR: Angele McGrady, Ph.D. MEd, LPCC
FACULTY PARTICIPANTS: Angele McGrady, Ph.D., MEd, LPCC
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
419-383-5653
Julie Brennan, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.
Professor, Director of Behavioral
Health
Department of Family Medicine
Amy Riese, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department
of Psychiatry
Jamie Dowling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department
of Psychiatry
SEMESTERS AVAILABLE: Fall and Spring; M2 students in the fall and M1 students in the spring.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 25 per semester
LOCATIONS: UTMC
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This elective is designed to introduce first and second year medical students to the
fundamentals of life style medicine, including physical activity, nutrition and stress
management. The major contemporary physical and emotional illnesses are strongly influenced
by the choices that people make and the actions that result from those choices. Current
literature strongly supports the roles of behavior and personal decision making in
health and illness. This elective will present the student with evidenced based lifestyle
recommendations for themselves. Students will have the opportunity to work with peers
and faculty in assessing their own lifestyle, setting goals and then designing a program
to make one lifestyle change during the semester. Case discussions are used to apply
what students have learned to patient examples
Total time requirement will be a minimum of 12 hours.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
- Define lifestyle medicine and its components. (EPOs: MK-7)
- Evaluate the key elements of lifestyle (activity, nutrition and reactions to stress) that affect health and illness (EPOs: MK-4, MK-2; MK-3)
- Establish the key elements of goal setting (EPOs: PBL-1)
- Design and implement a plan for personal change in one of the domains of lifestyle medicine. (EPOs: PB-1; IPC-2 PBL-3)
- Summarize general guidelines for prescribing lifestyle changes to patients whose physical problems and emotional distress are affected by their lifestyle (EPOs: IPC-2, IPC-3)
METHODS OF TEACHING:
- Lectures/presentation on topics relevant to lifestyle medicine.
- Feedback on current lifestyle and comparison to norms
- Peer to peer teaching/learning; group activity
- Cases to test skills in designing lifestyle recommendations
- Recommended reading
METHODS OF STUDENT EVALUATION:
- Documentation of a minimum of 12 hours of activity.
- Attendance at 4 out of 4 lectures/discussions.
- Completion of goal setting assignment
- Completion of assessment of physical activity, nutrition and current stress
- Completion of lifestyle change assignment using patient cases provided by faculty
ELECTIVE EVALUATION: Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate their experience and make recommendations to the academic director and teaching faculty
PREREQUISITES: First or second-year medical student in good academic standing.
UNIVERSITY POLICIES
Institutional Classroom Attendance Policy
Please be aware that the university has implemented an attendance policy, which requires
faculty to verify student participation in every class a student is registered at
the start of each new semester/course. If you have not attended/participated in class
(completed any course activities or assignments) within this period, I am required
by federal law to report you as having not attended class. This date varies by the
part of term, in which your course started, these dates can be found here: https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/provost/mandatory-attendance-tracking.html. Unfortunately, not attending/participating in class impacts your eligibility to
receive financial aid, so it is VERY important that you attend class and complete
course work early. Please contact me as soon as possible to discuss options and/or
possible accommodations if you have any difficulty completing assignments.
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Academic Accommodations
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are committed to ensuring equal opportunity and seamless access for full participation
in all courses. For students who have an Accommodations Memo from the Office of Accessibility
and Disability Resources, I invite you to correspond with me as soon as possible so
that we can communicate confidentially about implementing accommodations in this course.
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Religious Accommodations
A student is permitted to be absent, without penalty, for up to three days each academic semester to take holidays for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system or
to participate in organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious
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Grievance procedure: A student may notify the institution of any grievance regarding the policy’s implementation using the 3364-71-05.1 Academic grievance procedure.
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INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM STATEMENT
In this class, we will work together to develop a learning community that is inclusive
and respectful. Our diversity may be reflected by differences in race, culture, age,
religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, socioeconomic background,
and a myriad of other social identities and life experiences. We will encourage and
appreciate expressions of different ideas, opinions, and beliefs so that conversations
and interactions that could potentially be divisive turn, instead, into opportunities
for intellectual and personal development.
ECC Approved
July 2024