Certification & Membership
Your functional medicine journey with IFM.
Are you wondering how to continue learning more about functional medicine? Perhaps you have completed one of IFM’s CME courses or watched a Grand Rounds lecture. Maybe you have attended Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP). What’s next?
Join the IFM Functional Medicine Certification Program, a seven-course educational track honed by the best thought leaders and taught by educators with years of clinical experience and knowledge. Not only do IFM-trained clinicians yield better patient outcomes, they also increase their professional satisfaction. LEARN MORE ABOUT CERTIFICATION
Become an IFM member. Here you will join a global network of functional medicine-trained healthcare professionals who are all committed to treating root causes, reducing and reversing chronic diseases, and finding better ways to deliver access to functional medicine care for all. LEARN MORE ABOUT IFM MEMBERSHIP
Scroll down to learn more about how you can continue your functional medicine journey with us.
IFM Certification Program
IFM Certified Practitioners set the standard for functional medicine in the industry.
IFM is the only organization providing functional medicine certification along with educational programs directly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)2 IFM Certified Practitioners are recognized as the most thoroughly trained and tested functional medicine clinicians in their fields.
Likewise, they are the most in-demand practitioners in academic institutions. Driven by the growing demand for functional medicine practitioners, IFM Certified Practitioners are sought-after by both patients and employers.
Finally, IFM has the largest network of Certified Practitioners living on six continents and working in 297 universities worldwide.
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[2] ACCME is the national continuing medical education accreditation organization founded by the American Medical Association and several other national organizations representing physicians and hospitals. IFM has been continuously accredited by ACCME since 2001, and has been awarded the coveted status of “accreditation with commendation” on three separate occasions.
IFM Membership
Join our Global Network of Like-Minded Healthcare Professionals.
IFM Membership is your gateway to a community of like-minded clinicians and researchers from around the globe. Members are advocates, leaders, and living examples of what medicine can become.
Discover all the benefits that an IFM Membership provides and join our network of more than 4,000 functional medicine practitioners.
Benefits include:
- 10% discount on select IFM products, including conferences
- Member access to the Natural Medicines Database
- Full access to the downloadable IFM Clinical Practice Toolkit
- Listing and search privileges on IFM’s private member network
- And more…
