The ABLM accepts event CMEs as prerequisites from the following events/providers:
- ACLM Annual Conferences
- International Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare Annual Conferences
- Plant-based Prevention of Disease (P-POD) Annual Conferences
- PCRM Annual International Conferences on Nutrition in Medicine
- Annual AAFP Lifestyle Medicine course
- Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine
- Harvard Annual LM conference: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change
- Lifestyle Prescriptions University - Lifestyle Medicine Global Summit
Rules:
- Virtual CME credits are accepted from 2021 in light of COVID.
- Events attended between 2021-2023 required 10 hours of in-person attendance as an exam prerequisite. From 2024 onward, you must earn 20 hours of event CME and it may be earned virtually or in-person through any combination of approved events.
- CMEs must be no older than 36 months from the date of the exam.
- Proof of CMEs, credentials and case study (for physicians) must be submitted at least 30 days prior
to the certification exam. CMEs from Lifestyle Medicine conferences immediately preceding an exam are exempt from the above 30-day rule
Please note that exam results will not be communicated until all prerequisites have been submitted and approved.
Additional questions? Please email the ABLM at info@ablm.org