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Healthy Living and Wellness Initiative
T COMP-Northwest’s Healthy Living and Wellness
The Healthy Living and Wellness Initiative is
changing how COMP-Northwest students will treat
Initiative has a goal of helping patients become better
patients, and how they take care of themselves, as
informed about taking care of themselves through
well.
weight loss, cessation of smoking, exercise, and much
The hot topic of the day in medicine is lifestyle --
“I’m very excited this has taken root. Without
what patients can do to improve their own health – more.
and there’s a lot of discussion and activity in that area, question, it is going to be extremely important for our
students to understand that
the choices we all make toward
our individual health are
almost entirely under our own
control. Additionally, in order
to change our population
health, we must include this
information about lifestyle
issues within our curriculum,
so that our future WesternU
graduates become adept at
integrating this knowledge into
the care plans for their
patients,” Dreibelbis said.
“With the vast majority of
chronic illness and disease
Claire Donley, DO ’17, (left) and Cathryn Erickson, DO ’16, shop for healthy foods
at a local market using “What to Eat Every Day” by the Dole Nutrition Institute. stemming from lifestyle issues,
it is essential to empower
said Robyn Dreibelbis, DO ’95, COMP-Northwest Vice people to understand that they have a huge
Chair and Assistant Professor of the Department of opportunity to improve their health through their
Family Medicine. own choices.”
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T COMP-Northwest’s Healthy Living and Wellness
The Healthy Living and Wellness Initiative is
changing how COMP-Northwest students will treat
Initiative has a goal of helping patients become better
patients, and how they take care of themselves, as
informed about taking care of themselves through
well.
weight loss, cessation of smoking, exercise, and much
The hot topic of the day in medicine is lifestyle --
“I’m very excited this has taken root. Without
what patients can do to improve their own health – more.
and there’s a lot of discussion and activity in that area, question, it is going to be extremely important for our
students to understand that
the choices we all make toward
our individual health are
almost entirely under our own
control. Additionally, in order
to change our population
health, we must include this
information about lifestyle
issues within our curriculum,
so that our future WesternU
graduates become adept at
integrating this knowledge into
the care plans for their
patients,” Dreibelbis said.
“With the vast majority of
chronic illness and disease
Claire Donley, DO ’17, (left) and Cathryn Erickson, DO ’16, shop for healthy foods
at a local market using “What to Eat Every Day” by the Dole Nutrition Institute. stemming from lifestyle issues,
it is essential to empower
said Robyn Dreibelbis, DO ’95, COMP-Northwest Vice people to understand that they have a huge
Chair and Assistant Professor of the Department of opportunity to improve their health through their
Family Medicine. own choices.”
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