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This fully online, on-demand course has been approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching for 6 CE hours. NBHWC-Approved Course: 6 CE hours (CEA-000539-2)

Course Description

This course on Pathophysiology of Lifestyle Disease will review the disease processes in the most common chronic lifestyle-related conditions.  Modules will include review of foundational physiologic processes such as inflammation and immune response, and their role in development of metabolic disease, cardiovascular & cerebrovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and carcinogenesis.  A final module will outline the role of lifestyle as medicine and its impact on disease progression, as well as suggestions for fostering understanding of these relationships among patients/clients.

Course Objectives

Following completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  • Describe the immune cells & cytokines involved in the inflammatory response.

  • Compare and contrast the salient features of metabolic syndrome, obesity, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  • Explain the process of atherosclerosis and its role in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

  • Differentiate between the pathophysiology of emphysema, chronic bronchitis & chronic asthma.

  • Describe the basic process of carcinogenesis and the impact of lifestyle on the most common cancers.

  • Outline the effect of lifestyle behaviors on cytokines, inflammation and cellular processes involved in chronic disease.

  • Select appropriate strategies for sharing disease education with clients that consider health literacy, adult learning theory and self-determination theory.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Navigation

    2. Instructor Intro & Course Info

    1. Inflammation & Immune Function

    2. Test your learning

    3. Resources: Inflammation and disease

    1. Pathophysiology of Metabolic Disease

    2. Test your learning

    3. Resources: Metabolic Disease

    1. Pathophysiology of Vascular Disease

    2. Test your learning

    3. Resources: Vascular Disease & Lifestyle

    1. Pathophysiology of COPD

    2. Test your learning

    3. Resources: COPD & Lifestyle

    1. Pathophysiology of Carcinogenesis

    2. Test your learning

    3. Resources: Cancer & Lifestyle

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Testimonials

'Cannot recommend it highly enough...'

by Graham Barkus, MA, LLM, NBC-HWC

This is one of the best courses I have taken since qualifying as an NBC-HWC. The scope of material covered is immense and complex - but it is made accessible, engaging and informative in the way it is organised and presented. Cannot recommend it highly enough, no matter how much background a participant has in the pathophysiology of lifestyle diseases.

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Instructor

Michele Suhie, PhD, NBC-HWC, DipACLM

Michele is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional, specializing in the integration of lifestyle medicine, positive psychology and religion/spirituality. She is an adjunct professor, teaching courses in pathophysiology and lifestyle medicine to undergraduate exercise science students. Michele is also the Director of Health Education at MyCatholicDoctor Academy and is a certified instructor of mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP) through the VIA Institute on Character. She has completed advanced catechist training with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and coordinates the Sunday music ministry in her parish, where she is both pianist and vocalist.