Browsing by Author "Phillips, Edward"

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    • Bridging the gap - planning Lifestyle Medicine fellowship curricula: A cross sectional study 

      Polak, Rani; Dacey, Marie L; Keenan, Hillary; Phillips, Edward M (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: The emerging field, Lifestyle Medicine (LM), is the evidence-based practice of assisting individuals and families to adopt and sustain behaviors that can improve health. While competencies for LM education have ...

    • Including lifestyle medicine in undergraduate medical curricula 

      Phillips, Edward; Pojednic, Rachele; Polak, Rani; Bush, Jennifer; Trilk, Jennifer (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
      Purpose Currently, there is no model to integrate the discipline of lifestyle medicine (LM) into undergraduate medical education. Furthermore, there are no guidelines, validated assessment tools, or evaluation or implementation ...

    • Lifestyle Medicine Education 

      Polak, Rani; Pojednic, Rachele M.; Phillips, Edward M. (SAGE Publications, 2015)
      The actual causes of premature adult deaths, the preponderance of noncommunicable chronic diseases, and their associated costs are related to unhealthy behaviors, such as poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco ...

    • Physical activity counseling in medical school education: a systematic review 

      Dacey, Marie L.; Kennedy, Mary A.; Polak, Rani; Phillips, Edward M. (Co-Action Publishing, 2014)
      Background: Despite a large evidence base to demonstrate the health benefits of regular physical activity (PA), few physicians incorporate PA counseling into office visits. Inadequate medical training has been cited as a ...