In-Person & Online
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In-Person & Online •
Saturday 18 October
Conference
2025
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Dublin D02YN77
Workshop Selections
Join us during the ISLM Conference 2025 at one of our two workshop sessions.
Workshops are only available to in-person attendees, and will not be available for online or on-demand viewing. Please ensure that you have secured your in-person ticket before registering for one of our workshops. Registration essential.
Everyday Lifestyle Medicine: Skills for the Busy GP
12:30 - 13:10
Room 321
Dr. John Allman; GP & ISLM Committee Member
Dr Allman is a founding member of the Sustainable Healthcare working group in ICGP (Irish College for General Practitioners), co-chair of the Primary Care Sustainability Group in Irish Doctors for the Environment, and founding member of Plant-Based Doctors Ireland. He has completed Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine (2019) and eCornell Certificate in Plant-based nutrition (2016).
Working as a GP he found himself needing to meet patients where they were at. Some were reluctant to take medication but happy to improve their diet or exercise more. He realised that patients really value when doctors give specific personalised lifestyle advice and the positive feedback greatly enhances job satisfaction. Imagine consultations revolving around improving breakfast, demonstrating squats or meditating better!!
Once engaged in lifestyle medicine it naturally percolates into practice with patients adopting the measures suggested and staff also embracing similar changes so the work atmosphere also benefits. There are other more global benefits in this approach as it leads to a reduction in healthcare costs and potentially lower carbon footprint from the decrease in resource use; a triple win – good for health, finances and the planet.
The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Treating Obesity
14:45 - 15:25
Room 321
Dr. Kate McCann; Lifestyle Medicine Physician & ISLM Committee Member
Dr. McCann is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. She has certification from The Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE).
In 2018, Dr. McCann created the social media project now titled "Emdoc Health" with the goal of promoting health education and health literacy for families, and has now become part of WHO Fides. Dr. McCann also organises Ireland’s chapter of the international community health promotion programme Walk With A Doc, which meets every month. She currently has a private lifestyle medicine practice in addition to a clinical research position.
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