Introduction to Functional Medicine
Introduction to Functional Medicine is organized by The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Last Reviewed Date: November 16, 2022
Termination Date: November 16, 2025
Description :
José is a middle-aged community college professor whose presenting complaint is lower back pain. He is stressed, overweight, and—you discover—clinically depressed. How often do you see patients like José?
Patients have become more complex, and those with multiple chronic conditions are increasing.1-6 Such estimates rarely include obesity, however, which affects nearly 40% of American adults,7 and incorporating these rising obesity rates means most patients have comorbid diagnoses.
For many of these patients, lifestyle interventions can change their disease trajectory,8-9 yet lifestyle change remains a challenge for most clinicians and patients.
This interactive course with two patient cases provides the tools to effectively connect with patients, educate them about lifestyle interactions, and apply core Functional Medicine principles and techniques to restore health.
Learning Objectives :
• Collect and interpret a thorough clinical history using the Functional Medicine Timeline with Antecedents, Triggers, and Mediators.
• Differentiate between food allergy, food intolerance, and food sensitivity.
• Select tests for and interpret results to recognize food allergy, food intolerance, and food sensitivity.
• Recognize the many potential causes of depression.
• Multifactorial analysis of depression symptoms in a particular case.
• Synthesize information using the Functional Medicine Matrix to identify the root causes and appropriate interventions.
