Workshops / Webinars Postgraduate Degree in Lifestyle Medicine in Portuguese MSc in Lifestyle Medicine ELMO Certificate Podcast Research ELMO Certificate The European Lifestyle Medicine Certificates: Health and Fitness Lifestyle Advisor The European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO), together with the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO), offer an evidence-based ten weeks online program with the support of the European lifestyle medicine representatives. Why you should enroll in this course: Ιt is the only lifestyle medicine online program which offers clinical and practical skills to understand and practice lifestyle medicine. We teach what we practice: real lifestyle cases. Υou will learn how to communicate with your patients based on Motivational Interviewing principles. Listen and talk differently. Ηealthier professional mean healthier patients, so you will be mentored during the course to improve your own healthier lifestyle. Healthy professionals mean healthy patients. Υou will be part of the biggest European lifestyle medicine practitioners network who followed the course. Networking and practicing. Your story could be part of our podcast Lifestyle is on Air which will come back with new episodes from January 2025. Already a few thousands of podcast listeners are familiar with our graduates’ stories. Graduates of our Certificate could benefit from the ELMO internship in lifestyle medicine in the clinic Österåsen, Sweden. The generous hosts offer full accomodation for a period between two to fours weeks. We are the only one lifestyle medicine course which is taught mostly by lifestyle medicine practitioners so you could become one. Your skills and expertise as our Certificate’s graduate could be shared by being invited as a panelist and workshop facilitator in our original and new European lifestyle medicine event which is held yearly in Brussels, Belgium:Practice Lifestyle Medicine. The online course has already had nineteen successful sessions and is developed and coordinated by the Scientific Director of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate and the Education Coordinator of the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organization”, Dr. Ioan Hanes, Belgium Dr. Ioan Hanes is a medical doctor who lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He is a clinical practitioner in lifestyle medicine, working in the Military Hospital where he works as a certified medical nutritionist. He is also a clinical sexologist and medical expertise physician. He completed different lifestyle medicine related courses in the USA, France and Belgium. He has a strong interest in the field of sexual health and lifestyle medicine, a chapter which is developed only for the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate but he is also teaching it in English in the online MSc in Lifestyle Medicine of the University of Thessaly, Greece. Dr Hanes is the founder and coordinator of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate. His multicultural background is reflected by the five languages he speaks fluently: English, French, Romanian, Hungarian and Dutch and he is beginner in Chinese. He is the founder and president of the “Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization” (BELMO) and vice-president of the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organisation” (ELMO). Since 2024 Dr. Hanes organises regularly in Brussels interactive workshops related to lifestyle medicine, the international medical event- “Practice Lifestyle Medicine”. Who Should Participate The ELMO certificate is addressed to medical professionals and eventually to those interested in a healthy lifestyle, who would like to develop and monitor a healthy lifestyle trajectory for their patients and for themselves. Upon registration, we ask that all registrants include a copy of their main professional diploma. The exam will certify that graduated students master the lifestyle medicine principles and apply them in their practice. Course Details The Spring 2026 Certificate Course is approaching! Registration is now open! The weekly online course takes place from April 13 to June 19, 2026 and consists of 30 hours of online sessions spread over ten weeks. The course includes two optional workshops (usually on Wednesdays, dates will come later). Attendance is mandatory for at least 75% of the total course time. Participants can choose between Monday or Friday for the weekly theoretical sessions (subject to availability). All sessions run from 18:00 to 21:00 CET (Brussels Time). The earlier you register, the better your chances of securing your preferred session day (Monday or Friday), as spots are limited. The final exam will take place on Sunday, July 05, 2026 Course Registration Fees (course and exam fees): Medical doctors:740 EURNon Medical doctors and other health allied professionals:630 EURStudents:420 EUR You can register by sending an email to the coordinator of the course, Dr. Ioan Hanes: hanesioan@yahoo.com The payment, mentioned in the communication European LM Certificate, can be done through bank transfer: KBC Brussels BelgiumBIC/SWIFT code: KREDBEBBIBAN: BE23 7340 4774 1991 Or via the Paypal link: https://paypal.me/EUlifestylemedicine?country.x=BE&locale.x=en_US ELMO members have a 10% discount on the course fee. Objectives of the course Define lifestyle medicine and describe its essential components Personal commitment to improve health choices in your own life through personalized guidance Lifestyle medicine consultation in the health advisor practice Identifying how lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, nutrition, sleep, sexual health, chemical addictions, stress and technology could contribute to overall health Describe the difference between the coach approach and the expert approach when counseling for therapeutic lifestyle changes Motivational interviewing basics and practical exercises for behavior change European lifestyle medicine initiatives in the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related chronic diseases How to communicate in a multidisciplinary and multiculturally environment Developing critical reading of lifestyle medicine literature and material To build up a network of European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate graduates in Europe and around the world Contributors to the course: Eleni PriftiPhD Details Konstantinos VagiasBSc Details Sara BranquinhoMD Details Elizaveta KuznetsovaMD Details Monica DuraesMD Details Adnan AwadMD Details Vijay GuptaMD Participants will receive an invitation to join an online platform before each online meeting. To participate in the sessions, they are requested to have a laptop or desktop computer, internet connection, basic software (office tools, web browser, media player, adobe reader) speakers or headphones. The final exam will take place online and consist of two parts: MCQ and a personalized lifestyle medicine practical case. Those interested in obtaining the certificate will have to participate in a minimum of 75% of the online training and fulfill all the practical assessments. Interested parties are asked to note that there is no possibility to only audit the course. The European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate has an important practical part which is mandatory together with the 75% of the presence required in the theoretical part of the course. Refusing to submit, in time, the practical assignments during the course could lead to the exclusion from the course, without a financial reimbursement. The registration in the course means you accept these conditions. Participants will not need further documentation other than their presence during the online sessions. The interactive course is a practical lifestyle medicine skills developing program so places are limited. The success of the nineteen previous sessions with more than 600 students from sixty countries is proof of the effectiveness of our teaching methods. All teaching materials in the course are under copyright laws and multiplication or registering them are prohibited. Take the chance to be a graduate of the first and unique scientific European certificate in lifestyle medicine! BE ELMO!