Saturday, April 26, 2025 and Sunday, April 27, 2025


7:30 - 8:00 amRegistration


8:00 - 8:15 amNola Peacock, PT, DPT

Welcome: introductions, course objectives, agenda, small group learning activity, participants’ expectations for the course


8:15 - 900 amMaking the case for lifestyle medicine:

Healthcare costs, chronic lifestyle-related disease burden, lifestyle medicine history, and the potential for lifestyle medicine to change the current state of healthcare


9:00 - 10:00 amWhat is lifestyle medicine?

Define practice, distinguish between other practices (including alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine), describe the application of lifestyle medicine to physical therapy practice, discuss physical therapy scope of practice, discuss APTA official statements on physical therapy practice and wellness/prevention/health promotion and nutrition education


10:00 -10:15 amBREAK


10:15 - 12:00 pmDescribe and explore the six pillars of lifestyle medicine

Discuss the evidence-base and application to physical therapy practice for sleep, stress, substance use, social connections, nutrition, physical activity, individual learning activity, and self-assessment of personal and professional expertise in each pillar of lifestyle medicine


12:00 - 1:00 pmLunch and Business Meeting


1:00 - 2:30 pmHealth coach approach

Discuss the role of behavior modification in physical therapy practice, define health coaching, discuss the stages of change model and motivational interviewing


2:30 - 2:45 pmBREAK


2:45 - 3:30 pmHow can lifestyle medicine improve outcomes

Discuss evidence on lifestyle medicine with health coaching for rehabilitation outcomes and health care costs, describe lifestyle medicine documentation, billing, and reimbursement in physical therapy practice, and identify lifestyle medicine resources for professional collaboration, training, and certification


3:30 - 5:00 pmThe individual practice of lifestyle medicine

Discuss healthcare provider burnout, large group learning activity-burnout causes and solutions, describe the benefits of personal application of lifestyle medicine, individual learning activity, and create a well-being plan of action including strengths, goals, and strategy for implementation
Q & A last 15 minutes of class


8:00 - 10:00 amDr. Ryan Gunyan

Thyroid & Hormones: Addressing the Myths Associated with Women's Health and How to Unlock the Bodies' Natural
Ability to Heal


10:00 - 10:15 amBREAK


10:00 - 12:00 pm


12:00 - 1:00 pmLUNCH


1:00 - 2:30 pm


2:30 - 2:45 pmBREAK


2:45 - 3:30 pm


8:00 am - 3:00pmExhibitors

Exhibitors will set up on Saturday, April 26th, from
8:00 am to 3:00 pm


Speakers

Nola Peacock PT, DPT

Dr. Nola Peacock is an outpatient physical therapist and the Lifestyle Medicine Clinical Coordinator at St. John’s Health in Jackson, Wyoming. She is board-certified in geriatric physical therapy, board-certified health and wellness coach, and board-certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Nola serves on the steering committee of the APTA’s Council on Health Promotion and Wellness and is the Wyoming state advocate for ATPA Geriatrics. She has presented on the topic of lifestyle medicine in physical therapy at APTA Combined Sections meetings and annual meetings of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. In her clinical practice, Dr. Peacock specializes in treating and preventing chronic, lifestyle-related conditions with physical therapy intervention and health coaching.


Dr Gunyan


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