Lifestyle Medicine Course・Certification Exam

Basically, Lifestyle Medicine approaches and practices do not require any license. International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM) is providing the course for LM practitioners, which is called “Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification”.

Current medical education curriculum does not comprehensively cover the core fields of LM like nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management and social  connection.

On the other hand, non-communicable disease (NCD) is pandemic worldwide. It is clear that 70% of those NCDs are preventable if we optimize our lifestyle.

IBLM is providing educational materials, which are based on evidence, and certification exams in English or some other languages in countries across the world.

Under the cooperation of IBLM, JSLM held the first Board Certification Exam in Japanese in Japan in 2021.

JSLM is also providing a series of online interactive lectures, LM Journal Club. Please check more details out here.  

Link to IBLM　

The prerequisites for the two registration levels are as follows:

 MDs/DOs
 30 hours of online/non-live CME
 10 hours of in-person CME
 A case study outlining your personal experience with lifestyle medicine (PDF: https://iblm.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MDDOCertificationCaseStudyTemplate-1.pdf)(Required for physicians only)

PhD/Masters Level
 30 hours of online/non-live CME
 10 hours of in-person CME

⚠️ Important ⚠️: “CME” that is explained here is defined uniquely by IBLM, and is different from “CME that American doctors and healthcare personnels must acquire as lifelong education”. When you buy the teaching materials online, there may be two types of teaching materials, WITH CME (higher price) and WITHOUT CME (lower price). In case you apply for the IBLM exam in Japan via JSLM, you will meet the qualifications required for the IBLM exam by completing the online courses WITHOUT CME.

(Please note that you need to buy the online courses WITH CME when you apply directly to ABLM (American Board of Lifestyle Medicine) and take the ABLM exam.)

 

Board Certification Exam in Japan

The 1st Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Lifestyle Medicine covered this In-person course CMEs. 

The 2022 exam (available in any languages which have already been released, including Japanese) (about 4 hours) was held by IBLM at test centers from which you could take your nearest one in Japan. (Check more details here.)

Regarding our annual meeting and the 2023 board certification exam in Japan, please stay tuned to our Events/What’s New page.

contact at office@lifestylemedicinejapan.org

(Exams in other countries  link to https://iblm.co/)

Online courses which are needed to be taken for the exam application
Link to IBLM　https://iblm.co/how

While the IBLM sets the certification competencies and Lifestyle Medicine standards, it is left up to the participants to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and experience from reputable sources.

CMEs must be no older than 36 months from the date of the exam.

Proof of CMEs, credentials and case study must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the certification exam. CMEs from Lifestyle Medicine conferences immediately preceding an exam are exempt from the above 30 day rule! (Please note exam results will not be communicated and certifications will be issued until all prerequisites have been received and approved)

The IBLM accepts Online CMEs of the following programs/providers:

• ACLM Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Course 3rd Edition←★JSLM’s recommend
• ACLM/ACPM Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies (LMCC)
• Cornell certificate in plant-based nutrition 
• Doane University Lifestyle Medicine Professional Certificate Program
• Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine

Programs that meet and cover in-person & online CME exam prerequisites are the follows:

• Doctor of Nursing Practice, Lifestyle Medicine emphasis – Southern Adventist University 
• Masters of Lifestyle Medicine – Kaunas University, Lithuania
• Evidence based approach to Lifestyle Medicine – Institute of Population Health, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Qatar

In-person courses which are needed to be taken for the exam application

The IBLM accepts In-Person CMEs of the following programs/providers:

• Annual Lifestyle Medicine conferences organised by LMGA member societies
• ACLM Annual Conferences 
• International Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare Annual Conferences 
• ACPM annual conferences, lifestyle medicine stream only
• Plant-based Prevention of Disease (P-POD) Annual Conferences
• PCRM Annual International Conferences on Nutrition in Medicine
• Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine

The annual meeting of JSLM is going to be included as one of these programs/providers. Physicians still need to submit a case study at least 30 days prior to the certification exam.

virtual in-person CMEs from 2020 and 2021 eligible events are accepted due to COVID. For 2022 exams, in-person CME gathered in 2022 must come from a live event.

For the past exam in Japan in 2021, please see the details here.

For those who are applying for the 2022 exam in Japan or other countries, please check the details in IBLM website.

Link to IBLM　https://iblm.co

For more information about exam in japan, please stay tuned on our Events/What’s New page or contact at office@lifestylemedicinejapan.org