Lifestyle Medicine, Health, and Occupational Therapy

Catalog description

Lifestyle Medicine in Occupational Therapy utilizes lifestyle medicine as a framework to inform the occupational therapy process and program development as it relates to health management and promotion. Utilizing the pillars of lifestyle medicine, the course explores the impact of social determinants of health and epidemiological factors on health, well-being, disability, and chronic physical and mental health conditions. The course addresses critical analysis of the lifestyle medicine literature to inform evidence-based decision making for the promotion of health and wellbeing for professionals themselves, clients, groups, and populations.