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New Physician Toolkit to Improve Patient Lifestyles, Improve Patient Health
The Texas Medical Association brings you the American Medical Association (AMA) Healthier Life StepsTM program to help you improve the lifestyles and overall health of your patients. The comprehensive toolkit offers physicians and their patients practical resources for making positive, coordinated lifestyle changes. It focuses on healthy eating, increasing physical activity, quitting smoking, and reducing risky drinking.
The AMA Healthier Life StepsTM concise, easy-to-read physician guide and toolkit offer physicians and their patients these resources:
- Continuing medical education opportunities
- Patient questionnaires
- Action plans
- Progress calendars and more
AMA Healthier Life StepsTM program materials are free for physicians and patients, courtesy of TMA and AMA. And for simply reading the physician guide, physicians can earn up to 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 CME CreditTM.
Toolkit
- Physicians' guide (PDF)
- Patient self-assessment questionnaire (English and Spanish, PDF)
Assess your patients’ readiness to change one or more key health behaviors with this short questionnaire.
- Action plans/tip Sheets
Help your patients identify and change specific behaviors with these four action plans.
- Progress tracking calendar
Support your patients’ efforts to initiate and maintain healthier behaviors with these tracking calendars.
- Poster for physician offices
Remind yourself, your office staff, and your patients of your partnership to improve your patients’ health.
Please feel free to download the material for use in your practice. For more information e-mail tmaoutreachcoordinator@texmed.org or call (800) 888-1300, ext. 1470, or (512) 370-1470.
CME Information
CME Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
- Utilize references about healthy lifestyles and behavior changes that impact patients’ lives
- Implement strategies to assess patients’ readiness to change poor lifestyle behaviors
- Counsel patients on lifestyle changes and provide action plans when appropriate
Accreditation statement
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation statement
The American Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other CME Courses
The Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) offers two CME courses in its newsletters:
- Smoking Cessation (see pgs. 4-11 of the newsletter): This course provides resources and guidelines to help your patients quit smoking. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility. Expires Feb. 2, 2011.
- Weighty Matters (see pgs. 8-13 of the newsletter): This course can assist physicians in screening, evaluation, and treatment of obesity. It is designated by TMLT for 1 hour of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; 1 hour ethics and/or professional responsibility. Expires: Oct. 1, 2011.
Additional Resources
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cpt Assistant ( PDF): Learn behavioral counseling codes you can use when assisting your patients in making healthy lifestyle changes.
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The AMA Healthier Life Steps™ materials can be reproduced or duplicated and distributed without charge for noncommercial purposes. All copies must include the American Medical Association's copyright notice and contain no change in the content or format of the publication. Any other uses require AMA's prior written consent.
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Last Published: 3/31/2010 Print this page
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