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Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice™On Demand (AFMCP)
Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) synthesizes the latest medical research with a model of care that integrates each patient’s individual history, genetics, and lifestyle factors. AFMCP equips clinicians to design effective, personalized treatments for each patient.
Through a combination of interactive video lectures, case studies, online activities, and quizzes, AFMCP Online delivers comprehensive educational content as you learn at your own pace. Experienced functional medicine clinicians teach you how to use IFM’s tools to improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases and health conditions.
What Clinicians Will Learn
- The evidence base for the functional medicine paradigm, principles, and practice.
- How to design dietary, nutraceutical, and lifestyle interventions to improve patient engagement in treatment and their resulting outcomes.
- How to integrate assessment tools to evaluate and diagnose patients using a functional medicine approach.
- How to apply key elements of the functional medicine model in clinical practice.
- Effective strategies for establishing a mutually empowering partnership between clinician and patient.
Tools and Takeaways
Your tuition at AFMCP includes a comprehensive toolkit, clinical pearls to apply directly to your practice, and strategies to enhance your practice and approach to medicine. These include:
- 33 hours of highly interactive video divided into segments so learners can come and go as they please.
- Access to a selection of IFM’s Toolkit, including intake forms, assessment questionnaires, patient handouts, customizable food plans, and laboratory assessment tools for 1 year.
- A listing on IFM’s Find A Practitioner database, which receives more than 200,000 views each month. To be listed on the Find A Practitioner database, you must complete AFMCP and maintain a current IFM membership.
This course includes 23 lectures AND 8 Q&AS WITH THE EDUCATORS:
| Session | Educator |
|---|---|
| Welcome and Orientation | Dan Lukaczer, ND |
| Introduction to Functional Medicine: Redefining Disease Applied Systems Medicine Part 1 – Non-CME | Mark Hyman, MD |
| Introduction to Functional Medicine: Redefining Disease Applied Systems Medicine Part 2 | Patrick Hanaway, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Redefining Disease – Non-CME | Mark Hyman, MD Patrick Hanaway, MD Jeffrey Bland, MD |
| Mapping the Territory: Using the Functional Medicine Matrix Model | Kristi Hughes, ND |
| DIGIN to Root Causes of Gut Dysfunction | Patrick Hanaway, MD |
| Treatment of GI Dysfunction in the Context of the Functional Medicine Matrix | Tom Sult, MD |
| Social Determinants of Health | James Carter, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Gut Function and Dysfunction – Non-CME | Tom Sult, MD Robert Rountree, MD |
| Immune Dysfunction and Inflammation: A Primary Mechanism of Illness | Robert Rountree, MD |
| Food Allergies, Sensitivities, and Intolerances: Diagnosis and Treatment | Dan Lukaczer, ND |
| Prescribing an Elimination Diet | Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD |
| Anthropometrics, Biomarkers, Clinical Assessment, and Diet Evaluation: The ABCDs of Nutritional Evaluation: Part 1 | Michael Stone, MD, MS Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Food Reactions – Non-CME | Michael Stone, MD, MS Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD |
| Shifting the Therapeutic Encounter | Monique Class, MS, APRN, BC |
| Anthropometrics, Biomarkers, Clinical Assessment, and Diet Evaluation: The ABCDs of Nutritional Evaluation: Part 2 | Michael Stone, MD, MS Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD |
| Lowering the Toxic Body Burden Using Diet, Lifestyle, and Other Strategies | Robert Rountree, MD |
| Functional Approaches to Cardiometabolic Disease | James Carter, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Cardiometabolic Disease – Non-CME | Mark Holthouse, MD James Carter, MD |
| Challenges in the Journey of Change | Monique Class, MS, APRN, BC |
| Understanding the HPATG Axis: From Biochemistry to Application | Dan Lukaczer, ND |
| Assessment and Treatment of Adrenal Dysfunction | Arti Chandra, MD |
| Assessment and Treatment of Thyroid Dysfunction | Robert Luby, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Adrenal and Thyroid – Non-CME | Dan Lukaczer, ND Arti Chandra, MD |
| Testosterone Deficiency in Men | Mark Holthouse, MD |
| Modulating a Woman’s Hormones Part 1 | Wendy Warner, MD |
| Modulating a Woman’s Hormones Part 2 | Joel Evans, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Modulating a Woman’s Hormones – Non-CME | Joel Evans, MD Wendy Warner, MD |
| Mitochondria and Energy Dynamics | David Haase, MD |
| Clinical Integration of Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Change | Shilpa Saxena, MD |
| Clinical Integration and the Functional Medicine Matrix | Robert Luby, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Clinical Integration and Lifestyle Change – Non-CME | Robert Luby, MD Shilpa Saxena, MD |
| Facilitated Q&A: Therapeutic Partnership – Non- CME | Monique Class, MS, APRN, BC David S. Jones, MD |
| Insight, Intuition, and the Therapeutic Partnership | David S. Jones, MD |
Additional Information
CME Information
The CME option is intended for clinicians who need to fulfill continuing education requirements. If you do not need CME credits, you may purchase the non-CME option.
IFM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
MD/DO: The Institute for Functional Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ND: Generally, state naturopathic boards accept courses accredited through the ACCME.
NURSING PROFESSIONAL: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accept contact hours approved through ACCME.
PA: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts contact hours approved through ACCME.
RD: The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) accepts contact hours approved through ACCME.
OTHER: For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board or other credentialing organization regarding the acceptance
of contact hours through ACCME–accredited organizations.
Continuing education credits are subject to change.
Release and Termination Date
Release Date: October 25, 2022
Last Reviewed Date: February 2023
Termination Date: October 25, 2025
Exhibitors
Exhibiting opportunities available. Contact exhibiting@ifm.org for more information.
Practitioner Testimonials
All of the lectures were brilliantly presented. They shed a new light on subjects I'd learned but never fully grasped. I feel like I learned more practical information in a week than I did in Med School."