This spring, a three-credit online course exploring the lifestyles of the Blue Zones, areas around the world where people live exceptionally long and healthy lives. This course is offered to aspiring healthcare professionals, including future doctors, dentists, public health practitioners, psychologists, dietitians and more. Following the completion of this course, a 10-day cultural immersion in the Blue Zone of Ikaria, Greece, will be offered to students to provide hands on experience on the Blue Zone lifestyles and include culinary lessons, foraging for herbs, goat cheese making, beekeeping, olive oil production tours and more. This unique opportunity will diversify aspiring health professional's skills in lifestyle medicine and enhance their future practices. Applications are due Nov. 25. See the application.
For more information, contact Melissa Olfert at melissa.olfert@mail.wvu.edu.
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