SWIPE Personalised Lifestyle Medicine Internship (Online)
SWIPE First ever “Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Hospital” Managing Healthcare, Training and Research
Dr. Shagufta Feroz, her experienced Lifestyle Medicine coaches, and internees handle all age group patients of various diseases. Patients are attached to SWIPE Program for minimum 3 months and their recovery rate varies between 50-80%.
This project is based on the principles of Circadian Rhythms, Homeostasis regulation and does Entrainment for disease reversal.
SWIPE is a Personalised Lifestyle Modification program equally beneficial for all age groups, acute/chronic ailments, and delays ageing process.
SWIPE Virtual Internship
SWIPE Virtual Internship is offering a comprehensive, flexible and practical way of getting acquaintance to all the competencies of LM including:
- Motivational interviewing, Coaching skills, Behavior Change Theories
- LM history-taking and follow-ups
- Root cause analysis
- SWIPE diagnostic skills
- Prescription writing and case discussions
- Use of EMR system
- Journal Club for updated LM research
- Data collection for validation of SWIPE
SWIPE Internship is divided into the following two Categories:
1 -Fast Pace Internship:
- Eligibility: Medical and Allied health care professionals
- Duration of Internship – 4 months
- 110 hours of Lifestyle Medicine teaching
- Comprises of 10 days Extensive Teaching of LM philosophy, it’s pillars, a personalized lifestyle prescription, group discussions, and research projects & SWIPE(Synchronised Wellness Integrative Program for “ENTRAINMENT” By Dr.Shagufta Feroz)
- No CME credits
- Fee Structure: 75,000 Pkr
2 -Routine Pace Internship:
- Duration of internship – 3 months
- Pre-requisite- six months certification of LMPC from Riphah Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
- CME hours based
- 6 hours of weekly teaching activities 3 days per week.
- Fee Structure : 35,000 Pkr
Meet Our SWIPE Team
Meet the passionate professionals behind Picchls—a dedicated team empowering you to embrace holistic health through personalized care, lifestyle medicine, and transformative support.
Dr. Shagufta Feroz (Director of SWIPE)
Founder Pakistan Association of Lifestyle Medicine-PALM Director Riphah Institute of Lifestyle Medicine-RILM,Riphah University
Dr. Shazia Ali (Deputy Director of SWIPE)
MBBS, MPhil, PhD, PGD, CHPE, CMT, LMPC Head of Physiology Department PhD & M.Phil Supervisor Member of Synopsis Review Committee Member of Curriculum Implementation Committee Project, Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi
Dr. Saima Umair (Deputy Director of SWIPE)
MBBS, MPH(UK), LMPC, IBLM, Lifestyle Medicine Specialist, Joint Secretary PALM
Dr. Ayesha Mushtaq (Assistant Director of SWIPE)
MBBS, Mphil(Physiology), CHPE, LMPC
SWIPE Internship 2024, Program Modules and Complete Scheduling:
General Outline :
The SWIPE Internship consists of both educational and practical aspects of Lifestyle Medicine. Its educational component consists of 60 hours virtual didactic material (36 hours of lectures and 24 hours of SWIPE case discussions) along with 60 hours of application activities designed to be completed during three months of internship. The practical aspect comprises of almost 300 lifestyle medicine related patient encounters, 36 hours of intensive therapeutic lifestyle change (ITLC) program experience and 6 hours of group medical appointments. It has the following modules:
Module 1 Introduction to lifestyle medicine and orientation
Module 2 Provider`s Self-care and Influence on Community Wellness
Module3 Nutrition in Chronic Disease: Prevention, Treatment, & Reversal
Module 4 Physical Activity Science and Prescription
Module 5 Sleep Health Science and Interventions
Module 6 Substance Use Disorders: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Module 7 Fundamentals of Health Behavior Change
Module 8 The Role of Positive Psychology in Emotional/Mental Wellbeing
Module 9 SWIPE for healthy lifestyle – Personalized LM
Module 10 SWIPE, Key Clinical Processes in Lifestyle Medicine
| Topic | Requirements | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Lifestyle Medicine approach in inpatient or outpatient clinical care settings | 300 patient encounters | Address the six pillars of lifestyle medicine in clinical care: nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management/emotional resilience, substance abuse, and connectedness |
| Nutritional assessments and interventions | 40 patient encounters | Food recall, nutrient analysis, Assessment of physical and biochemical markers by weight and abdominal girth measurement tools of SWIPE, and SWIPE personalized nutrition prescriptions (supported by Lab. Investigations where necessary) |
| Physical activity assessments and interventions | 40 patient encounters | Exercise capacity assessments through detailed SWIPE history taking forms, and SWIPE exercise prescriptions |
| Emotional and mental wellbeing, sleep, and connectedness assessments and interventions | 40 patient encounters | Stress and sleep assessments, depression/anxiety/mental health screening, monitor , mindfulness, meditation, spirituality and emotional well-being activity SWIPE personalized prescriptions, and referral to resources |
| Cravings, Tobacco and toxic substance assessment, brief intervention, and referral training | 30 patient encounters | Smoking assessments, chemical and toxic exposure, Craving`s assessments, Personalized prescriptions, screening and brief intervention, and indications for referral |
| Interpersonal and community communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, systems based practice, and leadership in policy and community | Not designated | Public relations campaigns, media campaigns, policy development and change, communication of risks vs. benefits, and family, and community engagement |
| Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (ITLC) programs | 36 hours | Participation and observation in SWIPE personalized program for three months |
| Support or coaching group facilitation | 6 hours | Group observation, recording, and facilitating – this may occur at the same time or separately from an ITLC program |
| Topic/Activity | Weekly happenings | Total Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Didactic Recorded lectures | 35 lectures | 36 hours |
| Case Discussions/SWIPE Skills | 2 hours weekly*12 weeks(every Thursday or Saturday) | 24 hours |
| Journal club discussion | 1 hour weekly * 6weeks (every alternate Friday) | 6 hours |
| ITLC experience | 3 hours weekly*12 weeks(every Monday) | 36 hours |
| Group Medical Appointments (GMA) experience | 1 hour * 6 weeks(every alternate week) | 6 hours |
| Grand Total | 3months | 108 hours (110) |
- Recorded lectures will be provided as daily content, with PowerPoint Presentations
- The primary language for delivering content will be English.
- A post-lecture activity or/and MCQs will be included at the end of each lecture and must be (as google form) completed and returned back at the provided email address. It is must for participants to complete independently within the mentioned time frame as it will be included in the final assessment.
- Complete scheduling of SWIPE extensive teaching along with the names of faculty members will be available to the participants.
