Program areas at ACPM
Grants and Contracts: Grants and Contracts enhance the field of preventive medicine by providing support for education activities and programs focused on preventive medicine and public health capacity building, including cardiovascular disease, infectious disease and injury prevention, lifestyle medicine and clinical preventive services. ACPM's grant portfolio supports building the evidence base for the role of preventive medicine in ensuring population health and public health preparedness as well as identifying best practices to improve individual and population health, with particular focus on marginalized and vulnerable populations.
Membership: ACPM was founded in 1954 to create a professional home for the growing number of board-certified experts in preventive medicine. With an expertise in population health, preventive medicine physicians bridge the divide between public health and clinical practice to change lives for the better. Through public health and preventive medicine, ACPM members apply their expertise to improve the health of individuals, families, communities and large populations and address today's biggest health care challenges. Preventive medicine physicians work in a variety of settings, including state and local health departments, Fortune 100 companies, health systems, and all levels of government. (Continued on Sch O)ACPM offers memberships for all career levels - from students to trainees to Fellows of the College - and provides a dynamic forum for the exchange of knowledge and practice and career advancement. The organization offers high-quality continuing medical education, resources for ongoing professional development, networking opportunities, and advocate for the important role of preventive medicine in our healthcare system.
Annual Conference: ACPM's annual conference brings together leaders from across the health care ecosystem, medicine, and public health to examine how the nation's healthcare system can be transformed around prevention. The event offers high-quality CME programming, inspirational plenary sessions, networking opportunities, and the celebration of the best in the profession. The meeting is generally organized around critical topics including the link between innovation and quality improvement, how emerging research and new evidence can drive policy change and improve population health, and the role technology and data can play in creating new models of care. (Continued on Sch O)The Planning Committee plays a critical role as subject matter experts using their expertise and experience in clarifying the conference objectives, identifying, selecting and organizing the educational and networking activities of the conference.
Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies:Lifestyle medicine is the evidence-based therapeutic approach to prevent, treat and reverse lifestyle-related chronic disease. At its heart are a set of core competencies and the use of comprehensive lifestyle interventions to address underlying disease risks - thereby decreasing illness burden and improving clinical outcomes within value-based medicine. Lifestyle interventions are designed to address behavior related to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, social support and environment exposures.
Prevention Alliance:The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) Prevention Alliance is a diverse group of organizations committed to advancing the power of prevention through strategic initiatives, collaborative advocacy, and joint leadership. The alliance provides preventive medicine jobs, training, resources, and platforms to expand our collective voice. The ACPM Prevention Alliance provides mission-oriented health care organizations the unique opportunity to work directly with ACPM leadership and members. Member organizations include the nation's leading technology companies and biopharmaceutical manufacturers, academic institutions, physician networks, health and wellness companies, nonprofit organizations, and other professional groups that have earned numerous medical awards for their advancement of preventive medicine initiatives. Alliance members meet throughout the year and at the ACPM annual conference.