Topic Category: SMA lite

Websites Virtual group consultations (British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM), 2020). A series of resources around virtual group consultations – developed in response to COVID-19 Books The ABCs of group visits (Noffsinger, 2013) Running group visits in your practice (Noffsinger, 2009) Videos How to set up and run a group consultation (5:09 mins) (Manson, 2018) […]

Ard, J. D. (2015). Obesity in the US: What is the best role for primary care? BMJ, 350, g7846. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7846 Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). (n.d.). Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs). Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM). https://lifestylemedicine.org.au/shared-medical-appointments Edelman, D., McDuffie, J. R., Oddone, E., Gierisch, J. M., Nagi, A., & Williams, J. W., Jr. […]

Presented by A/Prof John Stevens, RN, BA(Hons), PhD, FACN, FASLM Download the slides for this presentation here: SMA lite – introduction to SMA (and the peer group) as a process in LM Presentation

Required reading Programmed shared medical appointments for weight management in primary care: An exploratory study in translational research (Egger et al., 2019) Programmed shared medical appointments: A novel procedure for chronic disease management (Egger et al., 2018) Recommended reading Programmed Medical Yarn Ups for weight management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Stevens et al., […]

Describe Shared Medical Appointments (SMA) in terms of the who, what, why, how and when Identify opportunities for SMA and programmed SMA (pSMA) in your own practice