The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM): Therapeutic Food Plans (TFP) 2024

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM): Therapeutic Food Plans (TFP) is organized by The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and will be held from Oct 21 - Dec 05, 2024.

Description:
TFP is an interactive, online learning course that offers case-based scenarios with diverse patient profiles to demonstrate real-world application and personalization of each food plan. TFP examines the role of nutrition within the functional medicine framework and how selecting therapeutic foods can impact many chronic conditions. Clinicians will develop mastery of the IFM Food Plans including features, scientific rationale, customization, troubleshooting, and patient engagement tips. Through this course, practitioners will be able to select and personalize an appropriate food plan based on their patient’s unique set of health concerns and lifestyle preferences. Clinicians from all disciplines are encouraged to join the course, especially if they work closely with patients on nutrition.

Therapeutic Food Plans examines the role of nutrition within the functional medicine framework and how selecting therapeutic foods can impact many chronic conditions. This course offers over 50 toolkit resources that are available to download and share with patients.

Clinicians will develop mastery of the IFM Food Plans including features, scientific rationale, customization, troubleshooting, and patient engagement tips. The course is broken up into the following sections:

• Review of Functional Medicine Fundamentals
• Personalizing the IFM Therapeutic Food Plans
• Phytonutrient Spectrum
• Core Food Plan
• Cardiometabolic Food Plan
• Detox Food Plan
• Mito Food Plan
• Elimination Food Plans (Elimination Diet, Anti-Candida Food Plan, & Low-FODMAP Food Plan)
• Integrative Case Studies
• Summative Exam

Through this course, clinicians will be able to select and personalize an appropriate food plan based on their patient’s unique set of health concerns and lifestyle preferences. Clinicians from all disciplines are encouraged to join the course, especially if they work closely with patients on nutrition.

What Clinicians Will Learn:
In the TFP course, you will learn how to:

• Understand how diet and nutrition can improve health.
• Understand the importance of nutrition in the management of chronic conditions.
• Use IFM tools to recognize and address nutritional inadequacies and other dietary patterns contributing to a patient’s health.
• Compare the features and applications of IFM’s food plans.
• Select and personalize IFM food plans based on dietary needs, preferences, and health goals.