For Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine Resources
ACLM Continuing Education Portal
Rooted Santa Barbara County is excited to partner with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to expand training opportunities and resources for Santa Barbara County healthcare providers.
Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Materials Library
Make use of our extensive library of downloadable nutrition and healthy living resources from Rooted Santa Barbara County and our national partner the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM).
Plant-based Guides for Your Patients and Clients
How do you start discussing plant-based nutrition with your patients, particularly when you only have a limited amount of time? Following are a range of free and low-cost materials to support your patient-centered conversations and support them on their journey to eating plant-based.
Tools to Support You
Building your confidence in the science of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine can help you bring this critical lifestyle option to your patient community. We’ve gathered a range of healthcare provider-focused resources to help you expand your plant-forward nutrition knowledge base and grow a prevention-centered practice.
Continuing Education + Lifestyle Medicine
Prevention-centered healthcare communities and education opportunities are growing. Following you’ll find a growing list of associations and educational opportunities to stay connected to the growing science and engage with like-minded healthcare professionals.
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine and Food As Medicine Course Bundle – FREE! See above.
- International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference
- PCRM’s CME Webinars
- T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies Plant Based Certificate Program
More on the practical application of plant-based nutrition for healthcare providers is being published in peer-reviewed publications. Here are a few recently published articles on incorporating plant-based nutrition into your practice:
- Plant Based Diets: A Physician’s Guide
- Plant-Based Nutrition for Healthcare Professionals: Implementing diet as a primary modality in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease
- Lifestyle Medicine: A Brief Review of Its Dramatic Impact on Health and Survival
We hope you’ll stay connected through our Newsletter to keep up to date on our growing network, resources, and training opportunities for local healthcare providers. You can support our work and help us grow community-centered plant-based programming by joining our Spreading Roots membership program. At Rooted, we believe optimal health is rooted in prevention – we’re a stronger community when we’re all healthy!
