ABSTRACT
In 2009, a national panel of health professionals convened by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) recommended 15 core competencies for providers to practice high-quality lifestyle medicine. The consensus panel gathered for a one-day meeting in 2009 led by Mark Johnson, representing ACPM, and Liana Lianov, representing ACLM, and facilitated by Mike Parkinson, a former ACPM president. The panel agreed that the initial focus should be on physicians, with the alignment that competencies for other health professionals and health care team members were necessary and would be developed subsequently. The Task Force final standards released in 2013 confirm the National Blue Ribbon Panel core competencies and enhance them with details. The panel aligned around the basic constructs for a competent lifestyle medicine practitioner. Settings in which lifestyle medicine services can be integrated include primary care, specialty care, solo practitioner and team-based care, and virtual/tele-medicine practices.
