21st Century Medicine: A New Model for Medical Education and Practice has been released by the Institute for Functional Medicine in an effort to demonstrate that change in both medical education and practice is urgently needed – and also achievable.

The transformation of 21st century medicine from the prevailing acute-care model to a far more effective chronic-disease model will succeed only if we attack the underlying drivers of the epidemic - the complex lifelong interactions among lifestyle, environment, and genetics - and if we engage the entire healthcare system in a concerted effort to implement a unified, flexible approach that can readily adapt to shifting needs and emerging evidence.

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