12-week session, Sept. 11 – Dec. 4, 2023
Clinical Nutrition Immersion Program
BioLounge functional medicine nutritionists Megan Barnett, MS, CNS, and Ashley Koch, MS, CNS, help you translate your education into a successful clinical practice.
Ideal candidates
Nutrition and/or functional medicine graduate students, or graduates who have completed their master’s degree, who are looking to apply their rich scientific knowledge clinically in real-life situations.
What you'll learn
How to connect a health history with current symptoms and determine appropriate testing and/or treatment.
What your strengths and limitations are as a clinician so you can build a network to complement your care.
How to sharpen your skills as an investigative functional medicine provider to identify the underlying cause of your clients' symptoms.
How to apply the latest research, therapeutic tools and supplementation that have delivered results with our clients.
How to use and interpret laboratory testing results to determine root causes of symptoms and develop treatment strategies.
How to run a practice, including charting, clinical forms, HIPAA compliance, client communication, fee collection, client resources and questionnaires.
How to brand and market your practice and develop your professional network.
Course overview
Our 3-month immersion program is made up of weekly modules that focus on different aspects of clinical nutrition. Each week includes 1-2 hours of video education, clinical observation, handouts and a live discussion on Mondays from 4-5:30 pm PST with your mentors and fellow learners (questions can submitted in advance and recordings are provided for those who cannot attend).
You will have access to a library of pre-recorded appointments with our clients. You will witness and gain a better understanding for how to set the foundation of your client relationship through an in-depth initial interaction, as well as identifying the most impactful next steps for your client. You will learn how to identify symptoms and connect them to the most valuable initial laboratory tests to prioritize for your clients. You'll also learn how to unpack and understand initial laboratory results. This will enable you to extrapolate information to help inform your treatment plan. You will receive access to some of our most valuable tools, including questionnaires, therapeutic plans and modifiable templates that will help guide your practice.
We will explore clinical approaches for addressing the root cause of your clients' conditions. You will view pre-recorded appointments with our clients exhibiting profiles for these conditions. We will dive deeper into how to apply our functional medicine tools to address digestive issues, inflammation conditions, detoxification, and hormone balance. We will discuss matching your clients ongoing symptoms and presentation with additional testing tools to gather data. In addition, we will discuss how you interpret these tools to create a custom therapeutic plan for your client.
We will focus on how to create a practice that allows you to get client compliance and achieve faster results. We explore the benefits of creating relationships with other medical providers, building out a referral network, and the benefits of knowing your scope of practice. We will bring in our marketing team to show you additional tools for running a business, marketing your services, and building your brand or practice that aligns with your goals.
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Instructors
Megan Barnett, MS, CNS
Ashley Koch, MS, CNS
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