DPM Course Outline

 

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION

WEEK 1 (appx 56 min)

  • Lesson 1: Welcome. Meet Dr Tom.  (20:54)
  • Lesson 2: What is T2D (Type 2 Diabetes)? (35:15)

 

WEEK 2 (appx 81 min)

  • Lesson 3: Additional tests to discuss with your health care team (27:37)
  • Lesson 4: Overview of the 5 Keys to Diabetes Prevention (23:44)
  • Lesson 5: Medication education discussion integrated: Metformin ER; FDA approved weight loss meds; BP meds, statins, mood and allergy meds. (28:59)

 

MODULE 2: MIND MATTERS 

WEEK 3 (appx 65 min)

  • Lesson 1: MM basics and identifying your WHY (15:47)
  • Lesson 2: Critical Mind Matters Basics (13:46)
  • Lesson 3: SLIP, SLIDE and Setting expectations (19:17)
  • Lesson 4: The 5% Fun Zone and the “Moment of Silence” for managing Non-Negotiables. (16:25)

 

WEEK 4 (appx 64 min)

  • Lesson 5: Managing Hunger: The Hunger Scale and Strategic Hunger (20:16)
  • Lesson 6: Sleep (24:36)
  • Lesson 7: Stress Management (over and above good sleep!) (19:21)

 

MODULE 3: NUTRITION

WEEK 5 (appx 55 min)

  • Lesson 1: The Basics - “Beyond Diets” (25:59)
  • Lesson 2: Beverage Calories and Meal Replacements (29:07)

 

WEEK 6 (appx 89 min)

  • Lesson 3: Calorie Density (25:42)
  • Lesson 4: Calorie Density Part 2 (20:11)
  • Lesson 5: Stealth Sodium (43:01)

 

WEEK 7 (appx 47 min)

  • Lesson 6: Protein & Fiber (45:46)
  • Lesson 7: Saturated Fat and Cholesterol – the disease driving duo that can increase the risk of T2D and heart disease more than most know. (30:41)

 

WEEK 8 (appx 89 min)

  • Lesson 8: Putting It All Together with Label Reading (50:27)
  • Lesson 9: Grocery Shopping (39:16)

 

WEEK 9 (appx 97 min)

  • Lesson 10: Dining Out (sit down and fast food) (59:19)
  • Lesson 11: Breakfast and Snacks (picture predominant) (20:10)
  • Lesson 12: Lunches and Dinners (picture predominant) (17:49)

 

MODULE 4: ACTIVITY

WEEK 10 (appx 95 min)

  • Lesson 1: Activity Made Simple (24:58)
  • Lesson 2: Introducing your friendly NEAT (non-exercise activity time) FREAK for T2 diabetes prevention (18:05)
  • Lesson 3: Where “exercise” fits in and how to fuel for it (33:21)
  • Lesson 4: Dealing with injury and other inabilities to be active (19:05)

 

MODULE 5: ENVIRONMENTS

WEEK 11 (appx 56 min)

  • Lesson 1: The basics of the power of Environments (TBD)
  • Lesson 2: Managing Food Environments (TBD)

 

WEEK 12 (appx 40 min)

  • Lesson 3: Managing Social Environments (19:48)
  • Lesson 4: Restaurant eating, the social perspective (12:25)
  • Lesson 5: Managing Physical Environments (7:59)

 

MODULE 6: ACCOUNTABILITY

WEEK 13 (appx 52 min)

  • Lesson 1: Intro on the role and types of accountability needed throughout the TLC journey/cycle (15:38)
  • Lesson 2: External Accountability (21:26)
  • Lesson 3: Internalizing Accountability (15:27)

 

MODULE 7: REVIEW

WEEK 14 (appx 53 min)

  • Lesson 1:  “What Happens Next” - including lab expectations (46:03)
  • Lesson 2:  DPM/5K review including specific examples of cases in all 5 Keys (7:15)

Hear More about the 5 Keys to Optimal Wellness

Dr. Tom is a nationally recognized lifestyle medicine and behavior modification specialist. In an interview with Consultant 360, Dr. Tom discusses the 5 Keys to Optimal Wellness, which are covered extensively in the Diabetes Prevention Masterclass. 

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An Interview with Dr. Tom Rifai
5 Practical Keys to Healthy Lifestyle Change
19:31
 

About Us

Reality Meets Science created the 5 Keys to Wellness, Weight Loss and Disease Prevention to help us breakdown an otherwise complex process of life saving lifestyle changes into manageable areas of focus. In Dr Tom's extensive professional and personal experience, achieving a truly healthy and durable lifestyle change in the modern day requires skills and knowledge in all 5 key areas - all of which are interdependent - which are:

  • Healthy Nutrition
  • Physical Activity
  • Mind Matters
  • Environments
  • Accountability

Now you can take advantage of Dr Tom's unique blend of expert experience, thousands of hours of formal education in metabolic nutrition, lifestyle medicine, wellness and psycholvogy as well as an approach that emanates compassion thanks to his own personal recovery from binge eating, prediabetes and overweight. Read Dr Tom's personal story Read Dr Tom's personal story here. 

Add to his personal journey that Dr Tom is part of a network of the world’s top experts in lifestyle as medicine as a member of the True Health Initiative's Council of Advisors and Media Response Team (TrueHealthInitiative.org) as well as part of the Health Care Executives Task Force and Speaker's Bureau for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. 

Tom's clinical and coaching skills were well earned as Regional Medical Director of Metabolic Health and Weight Management for the nationally renown Henry Ford Health System (note, Henry Ford remains a licensee of the RMS 5 Keys to Optimal Wellness, Weight Loss and Disease Prevention), Medical Director for Metabolic Nutrition and Weight Management for Trinity hospital St Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Associate Medical Director for the Pritikin Longevity Center and educator for the Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. And with over 90% of patient reviews at Henry Ford showing the 5 Keys system to be substantially valuable on their journey to improved health and weight loss, we can confidently say that there is no more practical and yet effective approach to achieving and maintaining wellness, weight management and disease prevention than the Reality Meets Science 5 Keys system. It's now time to unlock YOUR treasure chest of health. Let the RMS 5 Keys show you how! Here's a bit of insight on each of them: