Rosenfeld Richard M
Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2022 Oct 7;18(1):118-130. doi: 10.1177/15598276221131524. eCollection 2024 Jan-Feb.
To assess physician attitudes on the status, value, and future of board certification in lifestyle medicine (LM).
Cross-sectional survey of physician members of the American College of LM.
A 49-item, web-based survey with a 5-point Likert response scale.
The 351 respondents did not differ significantly from the eligible sample of 6334 members regarding gender (68% female), country of residence (88% U.S), or census region, but did include more ABLM diplomates (63% vs 22%). Certification by ABLM was considered a source of personal pride (95% agree or strongly agree) that could help in marketing clinical services (85%) and potentially increase job opportunities (60%). Certification by ABLM is sufficient for certification needs (67%), but there was interest (65%) in LM becoming a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) as an aspirational goal (48%). Few respondents (22%) practiced intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) even though most (57%) considered it an essential aspect of LM. There was agreement (94%) that LM is essential to mainstream medicine.
Survey respondents, regardless of certification status, agreed that becoming an ABLM diplomate both meets their certifying needs and offers substantial benefits, with the caveat that ABMS recognition is an aspirational goal.
评估医生对生活方式医学（LM）委员会认证的现状、价值及未来的态度。
对美国生活方式医学学院的医生成员进行横断面调查。
一项基于网络的49项调查，采用5点李克特量表进行回答。
351名受访者在性别（68%为女性）、居住国（88%为美国）或人口普查区域方面与6334名符合条件的成员样本没有显著差异，但ABLM文凭持有者的比例更高（63%对22%）。ABLM认证被认为是个人自豪感的来源（95%同意或强烈同意），有助于临床服务营销（85%），并可能增加就业机会（60%）。ABLM认证足以满足认证需求（67%），但作为一个理想目标，有65%的人希望LM成为美国医学专业委员会（ABMS）的成员委员会（48%）。尽管大多数人（57%）认为强化治疗性生活方式改变（ITLC）是LM的一个重要方面，但很少有受访者（22%）进行这种治疗。94%的人认为LM对主流医学至关重要。
调查受访者，无论认证状态如何，都认为成为ABLM文凭持有者既能满足他们的认证需求，又能带来诸多益处，但前提是获得ABMS认可仍是一个理想目标。
