Frates Elizabeth Pegg, Xiao Ryan C, Sannidhi Deepa, McBride Yasamina, McCargo Tracie, Stern Theodore A
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States.
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States.
JMIR Med Educ. 2017 Sep 11;3(2):e14. doi: 10.2196/mededu.7587.
Lifestyle medicine is the science and application of healthy lifestyles as interventions for the prevention and treatment of disease, and has gained significant momentum as a specialty in recent years. College is a critical time for maintenance and acquisition of healthy habits. Longer-term, more intensive web-based and in-person lifestyle medicine interventions can have a positive effect. Students who are exposed to components of lifestyle medicine in their education have improvements in their health behaviors. A semester-long undergraduate course focused on lifestyle medicine can be a useful intervention to help adopt and sustain healthy habits.
To describe a novel, evidence based curriculum for a course teaching the concepts of Lifestyle Medicine based on a web-based course offered at the Harvard Extension School.
The course was delivered in a web-based format. The Lifestyle Medicine course used evidence based principles to guide students toward a "coach approach" to behavior change, increasing their self-efficacy regarding various lifestyle-related preventive behaviors. Students are made to understand the cultural trends and national guidelines that have shaped lifestyle medicine recommendations relating to behaviors. They are encouraged to engage in behavior change. Course topics include physical activity, nutrition, addiction, sleep, stress, and lifestyle coaching and counseling. The course addressed all of the American College of Preventive Medicine/American College of Lifestyle Medicine competencies save for the competency of office systems and technologies to support lifestyle medicine counseling.
The course was well-received, earning a ranking of 4.9/5 at the school.
A novel, semester-long course on Lifestyle Medicine at the Harvard Extension School is described. Student evaluations suggest the course was well-received. Further research is needed to evaluate whether such a course empowers students to adopt behavior changes.
生活方式医学是将健康的生活方式作为疾病预防和治疗干预措施的科学及应用，近年来作为一个专业领域已获得显著发展。大学时期是维持和养成健康习惯的关键阶段。长期、更密集的基于网络和面对面的生活方式医学干预可能会产生积极影响。在教育中接触到生活方式医学内容的学生，其健康行为会有所改善。一门为期一学期、专注于生活方式医学的本科课程可能是帮助学生养成并维持健康习惯的有效干预措施。
描述一门新颖的、基于证据的课程，该课程基于哈佛扩展学院提供的网络课程教授生活方式医学的概念。
该课程以网络形式授课。生活方式医学课程运用基于证据的原则，引导学生采用“教练式方法”来改变行为，增强他们在各种与生活方式相关的预防行为方面的自我效能感。让学生了解塑造与行为相关的生活方式医学建议的文化趋势和国家指南。鼓励他们进行行为改变。课程主题包括体育活动、营养、成瘾、睡眠、压力以及生活方式指导与咨询。该课程涵盖了美国预防医学学院/美国生活方式医学学院的所有能力要求，但不包括支持生活方式医学咨询的办公系统和技术能力要求。
该课程受到好评，在学校的评分中获得了4.9分（满分5分）。
描述了哈佛扩展学院一门新颖的、为期一学期的生活方式医学课程。学生评价表明该课程受到好评。需要进一步研究以评估这样的课程是否能促使学生改变行为。
