Learn Functional Medicine the Way It’s Actually Practiced

Functional medicine is no longer the future of healthcare, it’s the framework that today’s clinicians are using to prevent and reverse chronic disease. More patients than ever are seeking root-cause solutions, and practitioners who can deliver that level of care are in high demand.

The Adapt Fellowship & Certification gives you the systems training, mentorship, and clinical confidence to meet that need so you can grow your practice while making a greater impact in patient outcomes.

You’ll learn both the why and the exactly-how. Adapt names specific lab companies, supplement brands, evidence-based dosing protocols, and contraindications, so you can walk into clinic on Monday morning and apply what you learned over the weekend. We don’t believe in leaving practitioners to figure out real-world application on their own.

Advanced functional testing is built into the core curriculum, not siloed into separate elective modules you pay for later. You’ll learn to confidently order and interpret SIBO breath tests, IBS-SMART, comprehensive stool panels, saliva and urine testing, and more. You’ll also receive a comprehensive blood chemistry manual and analysis tools you can reference in practice for years.

Adapt uses case-based learning as its primary teaching method—the same model used at Harvard Medical School. You don’t sit through hours of lecture and then try to connect it to a patient. You learn through real clinical scenarios from the start, building the pattern recognition and critical thinking skills that matter most when you’re sitting across from a patient.

This is one of the most common things we hear from incoming students. The gap between understanding concepts and knowing what to do patients is exactly what Adapt was designed to close. Between the case-based curriculum, the clinical fellowship, and the specificity of our protocols, graduates leave with the competence and confidence to manage complex cases independently.

Yes! Adapt’s 1-on-1 virtual fellowship is included in the cost of the program. The fellowship lets you shadow and observe real patient appointments and get direct faculty feedback.

While many programs focus on theory, Adapt emphasizes clinical readiness, teaching you how to apply functional medicine through real patient cases, mentorship, and systems-based frameworks. You’ll graduate confident in both your knowledge and your ability to practice.

The program is a 12-month, virtual immersive training that blends self-paced lessons with live mentorship, case discussions, and a virtual clinical fellowship. It’s designed for working professionals and can be completed alongside a full clinical schedule. Everything—coursework, fellowship, clinical tools—is included from day one. You won’t need to re-enroll in separate modules, juggle multiple tuition payments, or piece together a credential over several years.

Yes. The Adapt program was purpose-built for working clinicians. The self-paced modules are designed to require roughly four hours per week, and there are no multi-day intensives that force you to block off clinic time or arrange coverage. You learn at the pace your schedule allows.

The program is designed for licensed and allied healthcare professionals, including MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs, DCs, RDs, NDs, and others within their scope of practice. 

If you’re unsure about eligibility, you can take our 2-minute quiz to confirm.

International practitioners are welcome. While the core curriculum applies globally, local regulations for lab ordering, supplement access, and telemedicine vary. Our team can advise on how Adapt fits within your country’s scope of practice.

Yes. Adapt is delivered virtually, but you’ll never feel like you’re learning alone.

Each cohort includes live Q&A sessions, case discussions, and small-group mentorship for personalized feedback and support.

Expect to spend 2–3 hours per week on coursework, with flexibility to study on your own schedule. Most practitioners complete the program while maintaining a full-time practice.

Your $15,000 tuition includes the full 12-month curriculum, clinical fellowship, live mentorship sessions, course materials, and access to the alumni community upon graduation.

There are no hidden fees, and payment plans are available.

Programs that appear similarly priced often fragment their training across multiple separately enrolled courses, each with its own tuition. When you total those up, the cost can exceed $17,000 — and take two to four years to complete. Adapt’s all-inclusive structure means one decision, one investment, and a program you’ll actually finish.

Yes. Graduates are eligible to earn the FMP-AC (Functional Medicine Practitioner-Adapt Certified) credential, the mark of applied excellence in functional medicine. Certification signifies your readiness to apply functional medicine confidently and ethically in real-world practice.

Enrollment for the Adapt Practitioner Training Program is most often twice yearly in the spring and fall. We recommend you schedule a Discovery Call today to find out when the next opportunity starts. 

You don’t have to wait. You can enroll in Functional Blood Testing today and get instant access to the blood chemistry training portion of the full program. Start building your lab interpretation skills right away. Then, when the next Adapt cohort opens for enrollment, the cost of Functional Blood Testing will be credited toward your full program tuition. It’s the best way to hit the ground running before your cohort even begins.

Absolutely. Adapt graduates join a thriving alumni network with ongoing mentorship, updated course materials, and alumni-only case reviews to keep you sharp and supported.

The fellowship is a one-on-one experience where you observe real patient appointments conducted by faculty clinicians and receive direct feedback on clinical reasoning. It’s the closest thing to a supervised clinical rotation in functional medicine education, and no other program at this price point offers it. When we ask clinicians how many wish they’d had more supervised training before going solo in a new modality, every hand goes up. The fellowship exists to fill that gap.

Adapt mentors are practicing functional medicine clinicians, not just educators or researchers. They see patients daily and bring that frontline experience into live Q&A sessions with each cohort. When you ask a question, the person answering it dealt with something similar in their own clinic that week.

The FMP-AC (Functional Medicine Practitioner — ADAPT Certified) credential designates that you’ve completed a rigorous, clinically focused training program with a supervised fellowship component. While some formal institutional settings may require board certification through other pathways, the vast majority of functional medicine practitioners are building or growing their own practices—and in that context, clinical competence and day-one readiness matter far more than which letters follow your name. That’s where Adapt graduates have a distinct edge.

You’ll receive over 100 ready-to-use resources, including branded patient intake forms, consult scripts, treatment protocols, clinical decision trees, and a comprehensive blood chemistry manual. These aren’t theoretical templates; they’re tools developed from years of active clinical practice that you can put to work in your practice immediately.