The United States Air Force (USAF) Lifestyle and Performance Medicine (L&PM) Working Group was founded in 2019 to align and expand the L&PM initiative across the Air Force Medical Service. It has grown from the original ten core members to include a coalition of the interested that has more than 170 joint service and civilian members. The L&PM working group focuses on six lines of effort: research, education, key leader engagement, grass-roots initiatives, clinical implementation as well as policy & advocacy. Expertise in LM supports the Defense Health Agency’s Quadruple Aim which drives critical initiatives focused on better care, encouraging healthy behaviors, improving medical force readiness and lowering costs.
Learning objectives:
- Evaluate Lifestyle & Performance Medicine (LPM) in the military as it relates to Lifestyle Medicine (LM) in the civilian sector
- Describe the USAF Lifestyle & Performance Medicine working group, its charter, and lines of effort
- Determine who comprises LPM accountability partners
- Review LPM in the context of COVID-19 and PPN/PPL
- Discuss how you can potentially help grow LPM within the DOD/VA through getting involved