Online Courses

Available to watch live or on demand from Wed 12 June 2024! Do you want to know how to support your patient, population or even your own health using evidence-based lifestyle medicine? Then this comprehensive course is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills required! Choose to buy our Lifestyle Medicine course as a one-off purchase or sign up to Red Whale Unlimited for 12 months access to ALL of our online content.

Join the Red Whale team, led by Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, the RCGP Lifestyle and Physical activity champion as we look to blend the latest medical insights with practical lifestyle strategies, ensuring a holistic approach to health.  

Who is the course for? 
Anyone working to support patients and populations with making health behaviour change is welcome on this course – specifically: 

GPs who are interested in practising differently or looking towards an extended role in lifestyle medicine (GPwER) as highlighted in the RCGP GP with an extended role in lifestyle medicine framework, this course provides you with the skills and confidence to practice. 

GP Nurses, ANPs, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Social Prescribers, Dieticians and Health Coaches 
 

What will we cover? 
In this full day live hosted digital course and its associated on demand and written resources we will cover: 

• Why is lifestyle medicine needed? 
• The scale of the problem  
• What is a modern developed lifestyle?  
• Why lifestyle medicine  
• The social determinants of health  

What do we need to know and do? 

We will cover the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine: 

1. Nutrition 
2. Physical activity 
3. Sleep 
4. Minimizing harmful substances  
5. Mental wellbeing and stress 
6. Healthy relationships 

How can we put this into practice? 

We’ll look at some practical solutions to get what you have learned into action.

Putting lifestyle medicine into practice: 

• as an individual 
• as a practice  
• at network/cluster level 

National initiatives (e.g. Active practice and Parkrun practice) 

Group consultations 

Health coaching and behaviour change  

Starting a walk, jog or swim at your practice, network or cluster.  

Join us and like minded peers on this exciting new course and leave with invaluable tools to implement positive changes in your life and work. Elevate your understanding of wellness and learn how to encourage your patients to embrace a lifestyle that promotes longevity, vitality, and resilience. Help them (and yourself!) to not only exist, but thrive!