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April 2023
Welcome member to
your home of lifestyle medicine news
In this month's Newsletter...
Headline News
Lifestyle Medicine: a modern medical discipline full of optimism
Lifestyle Medicine in Focus
Lifestyle Medicine bringing optimism to healthcare, GPs & stress, the new science to eating well and much more!
BSLM News
April's featured Abstracts! Where does the Gut Microbiome come from? New Special Interest Group Pages. Who is speaking at BSLM 2023?
Featured BSLM Events
April Webinar, Virtual Group Consultation Webinar and Regional Meetings.
Exclusive Member Opportunities & Courses
Lifestyle Medicine GP job opportunity, BSLM blog writing and share your lifestyle medicine stories!
NHS Weekly Newsletter
The latest from the NHS Weekly Blogs.
April's Featured Video
Join the Trailblazers | Lifestyle Medicine Core Accreditations Full Webinar
Ongoing Surveys
Non-Member General survey (Non-members ONLY)
Our annual membership survey will also be circulated later in the year to members at the usual time.
HEADLINE NEWS
Lifestyle Medicine: a modern medical discipline full of optimism
Recently the British Journal of Nursing published a piece on the growing optimism surrounding lifestyle medicine. This piece was put together by Dr Ellen Fallows (BSLM Vice-President), alongside Dr Alex Maxwell (BSLM President) and Dr Rob Lawson (BSLM Chair).
It is great to celebrate the role of nursing in Lifestyle Medicine. Patients often expect to have conversations around non-drug options with nurses who can sometimes have longer appointments and better quality relationships with their patients than doctors.
The full piece is available through the BJN here. If you do not have access, you can find an earlier edition of the article on the BSLM website through the link below.
LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN FOCUS
UK GPs among the 'most stressed' and 'least satisfied'
We are saddened to read this report about our general practice colleagues. Physician health is a core part of lifestyle medicine and evidence has shown that it is critical for safe and good quality patient care.
As with lifestyle medicine approaches for patients, we cannot look after our health if the environment in which we live and work makes this impossible to do. We hope that this report is a call to action to support primary care teams to be able to live and work at their best.
LATEST NEWS AT BSLM
BSLM 2023 | Featured Abstracts for April
For our featured abstracts this month, we are looking at two great submissions by Dr Anita Teli and Sana Sadiq.
Anita: "Obesity has become a major global problem leading to diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. Students studying medicine are said to be under a lot of time pressure because they must devote a lot of their waking hours to attending hospital posts, practical lessons, and theory lectures...I am submitting this study to BSLM 2023 to present my findings and create awareness about the disease burden of medical students among lifestyle medicine physicians."
Sana: "Being the first pandemic of its kind, not enough research had been done on the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the mental health of parents and children. I began my modest research keeping this in mind, and I can't wait to share it with my contemporary academics and receive their expert feedback."
We're looking forward to see all the other submissions ahead of BSLM 2023!
Who will be speaking at BSLM 2023?
It is time to start taking a look at the speakers that will be present at #BSLM2023!
First up is Dr Annice Mukherjee, with a hugely important talk, titled 'Insights into Empowering Women During Menopause'.
This talk explores an area within healthcare that needs more awareness, with a fantastic speaker in place to deliver it. Annice is a Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist Financial Times Women of 2022 Readers Choice Award, with expertise in woman's health.
As BSLM 2023 draws closer, we will be exploring more speakers and highlighting all the insightful and meaningful topics that will be covered in Manchester.
Super Early bird tickets are now limited, so make sure you don't miss out on the best value tickets for the conference!
Lifestyle Medicine in Practice: How you can bring your Lifestyle Medicine techniques into the real-world
FEATURED BSLM EVENTS
Head to the dedicated BSLM events page for the full list of upcoming events
April Webinar
BSLM MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES | TUES 18TH APRIL | 7PM
Dr Ellen Fallows
I've Certified in Lifestyle medicine, Now What?
Jo Watkins
Six Tips on how to Show up Online - Business and Marketing Skills for Healthcare Professionals in Business
This webinar is only accessible to current BSLM members.
NHS NETWORKS
Conflict in general practice: Why is it on the rise?
Conflict is all around us; it's a normal part of our interaction with other human beings, and many would argue that without constructive handling of conflict, individuals, teams and organisations cannot improve, innovate nor fulfil their true potential.
Life after stroke – what do people need and what’s the role of primary care?
As stroke survival improves, longer term care becomes increasingly important. But the long term needs of stroke survivors and their carers are not well addressed by current healthcare services.
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