The Art and Science of Group Visits in Lifestyle Medicine.

Am J Lifestyle Med

Stroke Institute for Research and Recovery, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (EPF).

Published: March 2017

Lifestyle medicine group sessions present a promising approach to clinical care. Based on decades of work in shared medical appointments and group visits for diabetes and other chronic conditions, a lifestyle medicine group session has the potential to provide a fresh and rewarding way of interacting with patients that fuels the practitioner and feeds patients' needs to spend time with the lifestyle medicine practitioner, connect with him or her, connect with others, learn the latest recommendations regarding healthy habits, practice these behaviors, and discuss their obstacles, motivations, and strategies for healthy living. The lifestyle medicine group session discussed in this article is a combination of group coaching, education, and group support.

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