„Lifestyle Medicine“ in Light of Megatrends – Challenge vs. Opportunity”

“Lifestyle Medicine” (LM) is a (not entirely) new movement in medicine that seeks to combine lifestyle aspects, psychological health, nutrition, and recovery for optimal salutogenesis (Lippman et al., 2024). It thus represents a counterproposal to traditional medicine, overturning its economic model and offering the opportunity to meet future megatrends in a more resource-efficient way.
In five sessions, students will each give an introductory presentation on a topic. This will then be supplemented by contributions from invited guests and concluded with a discussion round. The presentation serves (in addition to attendance control) as a performance assessment.

What do I need to know to participate?
The course is open to students from the first semester onwards. Specific knowledge of medicine is not required.

How will we learn?
For each event, a small group should meet with the teacher at least once in advance to discuss the preparation and scope of a presentation (approx. 30 minutes) that will introduce the topic on the evening of the event. A subsequent group discussion includes a guest who is an expert in a specific area that is the focus of that evening. At the end of the event, all students are asked to give feedback to the small group that initially presented.

Seminar Goal
In addition to a certain openness to topics that may not be „mainstream“, students should have an understanding of rational scientific theory and be interested in the question of how to obtain generalizable evidence.

Maximum number of participants
30