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ForwardNature as Medicine Guide Practitioner Training 2025
Connection and partnership with nature heal us in ways that are broad and deep. The health benefits of nature range across the physical, emotional, mental health, and cognitive domains. For many, time in nature also brings deep spiritual solace and inspiration. At this time in history, healthcare is poised to begin recognizing the profound benefits of nature. This training and certification program is for any licensed healthcare provider who wishes to be on the leading edge of establishing the practice of Nature as Medicine. Learners will become trained to guide participants in the art of forest bathing and develop a plan for incorporating Nature as Medicine into your personal life and clinical practice.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, physician assistants, social workers and other healthcare professions.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the literature and evidence for the clinical benefits of nature related to their specific specialty.
- Demonstrate competence in describing how nature can be applied to their clinical practice.
- Interpret the scientific literature in ways that predict how nature can be beneficial to their individual clients.
- Demonstrate competence in the practice of guide forest bating, in the standard sequence.
- Demonstrate competence in creating new invitations for forest bathing that opens doors to their individual clients’ needs.
- Exemplify & model behavior that holds space for participants to discover their own insights & benefits.
- Identify the interactions between the psychological, physical & spiritual nature of health benefits in nature.
- Document a specific plan to incorporate nature as medicine into their clinical practice, including various healthcare professions across their team.
Additional Information
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Mass General Brigham and Nature & Systems Institute. Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team
Credit Designation Statements
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 86.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
86.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits are awarded
Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 86.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mass General Brigham is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Mass General Brigham maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 86.00 continuing education credit.
Available Credit
- 86.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 86.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 86.00 Participation
- 86.00 Continuing Education (CE) for Psychologists