‘I Feel Like It Was a Springboard for Certain Changes in My Life’: A Qualitative Analysis of Medicine and Health Sciences Students’ Experiences of Lifestyle Medicine Education

Lisa Mellon, Cheyenne Downey, Niamh Corbett, Sally Doherty, Mary Clarke, Frank Doyle, Caroline Kelleher, Aisling O, Maria Pertl, Anne Hickey, Department of Health Psychology, School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Health Psychology, RCSI Medical University of Bahrain

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on September 04, 2025

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Introduction:Medical school and health professions education can be stressful for students, leading them to neglect their personal wellbeing and adopt unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. The RCSI Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine was developed to provide ...