Study Lifestyle Medicine - Southern Cross University

Explore positive lifestyle changes

With the connection between lifestyle behaviours and the risk of chronic disease, helping people make positive lifestyle changes is an ongoing challenge for health practitioners. Southern Cross University’s Lifestyle Medicine degrees are designed for health practitioners working in general medicine, allied health, nursing or other health disciplines.

If you want to develop your skills and knowledge, these courses will help you more confidently prescribe lifestyle interventions, facilitate positive behavioural change, and enable positive patient outcomes, taught by leaders in the field and using an evidence-based approach to examine the principles and practices of lifestyle medicine. These include determinants of health, clinical processes and models of care, and strategies and interventions for preventing and managing disease.

Lifestyle Medicine is a part of Southern Cross University’s suite of health degrees that take an interdisciplinary and patient-centred approach to healthcare.

Master of Lifestyle Medicine graduate Dr Lauren Prictor standing in clinic reception

“Having lifestyle medicine as an evidence-based strategy for preventing and managing diseases has set me up with a good arsenal of tools to help people move towards prevention rather than cure.”

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Why choose Lifestyle Medicine with Southern Cross University?

Graduates in high demand

81% of graduates are employed full-time four months after completing their course.

Good Universities Guide 2025 (Health Services and Support, Undergraduate)

Pathway to further study

It is the only four-year Naturopathic Medicine program in Australia where you’ll graduate with both a Bachelor's and a Master’s degree.

Guaranteed entry with Diploma of Health

Successful completion of the Diploma guarantees entry and eight (8) units of credit towards a linked Bachelor degree

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