A Novel Curricular Approach to Lifestyle Medicine Education Through Shared Medical Appointment Simulations

McKensey Bishop, Alayna Santarosa, Julia Pangalangan, Shagun Prabhu, Rebecca Zucconi, Mahima Gulati, Elizabeth Pegg Frates, Michelle Tollefson, Rahul Anand, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, University of Colorado Anschutz, University of Connecticut Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Metropolitan State University of Denver

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on March 04, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Chronic lifestyle-related diseases affect two-thirds of Americans, yet lifestyle medicine (LM) training in medical education remains limited. Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) provide an innovative framework to teach and assess LM in undergraduate ...