Table 7.
Future of Certification in Lifestyle Medicine.
| Instructions: Please rate your level of agreement, or disagreement, with the following statements about the potential FUTURE of CERTIFICATION for lifestyle medicine | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement (Respondents, N = 351) | Likert category, % | Agree, % (Response, mean) a | ||||
| Agree (strongly) | Neutral | Disagree (strongly) | Not ABLM certified b | ABLM diplomate | P-Value c | |
| LM can best grow and thrive as a specialty if certification is done by ABLM (n = 327) | 51 (17) | 37 | 12 (1) | 53 (2.44) | 51 (2.44) | .939 |
| LM can best grow and thrive as a specialty if certification is done by ABMS (n = 321) | 42 (13) | 37 | 21 (5) | 35 (2.87) | 46 (2.60) | .023 |
| LM should eventually become a member board (specialty) of ABMS (n = 334) | 65 (19) | 24 | 11 (9) | 57 (2.46) | 70 (2.19) | .005 |
| I would still support transitioning to ABMS as the certifying body for LM even if existing diplomates of ABLM could NOT be legacied in (preapproved) as board-certified (n = 340) | 19 (4) | 14 | 67 (32) | 22 (3.62) | 18 (3.83) | .060 |
| LM should become a member board (specialty) of ABMS as rapidly as possible (n = 329) | 32 (12) | 38 | 30 (9) | 24 (3.16) | 36 (2.84) | .007 |
| LM as a member board (specialty) of ABMS is an aspirational goal, but there is no rush to achieve it (n = 329) | 48 (5) | 29 | 23 (5) | 55 (2.68) | 45 (2.78) | .232 |
| Completing a residency in LM at the specialist/intensivist level should be required for ABMS board certification (n = 337) | 15 (3) | 22 | 63 (20) | 13 (3.79) | 16 (3.58) | .024 |
| Completing a fellowship in LM at the specialist/intensivist level should be required for ABMS board certification (n = 342) | 24 (4) | 27 | 49 (16) | 22 (3.54) | 26 (3.26) | .013 |
Abbreviations: ABLM, American Board of Lifestyle Medicine; ABMS, American Board of Medical Specialties; LM, lifestyle medicine.
aAgree percentage includes “agree” and “strongly agree” responses; mean is from 1 (agree strongly) to 5 (disagree strongly).
b37% of respondents identified as not certified by ABLM; 63% identified as diplomates of ABLM.
cIndependent-samples Mann–Whitney U test.