What does the student experience include?
Progression through 4 programs at your own pace.* Hundreds of hours of rich, functional medicine education. Continuous complex case practice. Clinical practice instruction. Certification. Business skills/mentoring. Inspired community.
Who can enroll?
Active medical and wellness professionals who meet SAFM’s eligibility requirements.
How long do practitioners remain students at SAFM?
You decide! Enrollment is for a minimum of 6 months. Many remain for 5+ years. Work at your own pace, applying and honing skills in Your practice. Typically, students study 8-12 hrs/week toward certification. Continuous learning and practice support can be career-long. Pause as needed with our Basic Access option.
What is the tuition?
$297/month**
* See detail below.
** Pricing subject to change. A 20-mos. prepayment option is available.
Hear more SAFM students – practitioners from diverse modalities – share about the impact of their ongoing experience in our programs.
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A passionate pledge to nurture the practical functional medicine capability and confidence that makes AFMC certified practitioners sought after experts in their field.
Create a learning experience that challenges, educates, empowers, and inspires health professionals to set ego aside, question everything they’ve been taught, and develop the deep, practical application know-how that differentiates a savvy functional medicine practitioner from their peers.
An experienced, multi-modality tribe of like-minded health professionals. Driven and supported to make significant change in health care – together – no matter where or how they practice. Hear SAFM students from a variety of modalities share about their experience.
An unyielding commitment to maintaining the integrity of our training through scientific excellence, third-party clinical review, and ongoing professional development. Learn more today about the the AFMC credential and SAFM’s Scientific Review Council.
Functional medicine is hip. Unfortunately, that brings a lot of high-priced training options with less-than-optimal depth and a focus on theory vs. resilient practitioner skills. Not here. Not on our watch.
Our mission is to ensure you actually reap the ongoing capability and confidence you need in order to Do this work. To Be an inspired practitioner in the future of effective health care.
No matter where you practice, if you’re a licensed practitioner or certified health professional with a powerful vision for using functional medicine to change the future of your career and the health outcomes you deliver, LET’S DO THIS!
Not sure if SAFM’s functional medicine training program is right for you?
Our student graduate advisors are here to help.
Curious about program eligibility criteria? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
Tuition covers a period of 3.5 years to complete AFMC requirements. See the terms and conditions of certification for details.
Modular-based learning experience designed to help students put SAFM’s training into practice.
Two Modules: Managed Care, Entrepreneurial Care (One is required)
Accomplished Functional Medicine Presenters (Industry & Graduate)
Relevant Practice Topics:
Submit a detailed Competency Case Study of a standard case that demonstrates your ability to rigorously and credibly apply functional medicine principles to a case assessment and capably respond clinically to a complex case.
*Case provided at time of exam.
Enrollment in the SAFM Applied Functional Medicine Training Program will open soon. We appreciate your interest and look forward to You joining our next practitioner cohort! Sign up below to receive enrollment notifications, including special Early Bird tuition savings.