Functional Hormone Mastery is designed for licensed healthcare practitioners who already have the clinical scope to order and interpret labs, diagnose conditions, and prescribe treatments such as bioidentical hormone therapy. Qualified professionals include NPs, PAs, MDs, DOs, NDs, DCs, and other licensed clinicians with prescriptive authority or collaborative practice agreements.

The course is also highly valuable for allied health professionals such as acupuncturists, nutritionists, health coaches, RDs, RNs, and other integrative clinicians who want to be skilled resources for patients navigating hormone imbalances through a functional lens. You will gain the knowledge needed to identify patterns, guide patient education, and collaborate effectively with prescribing clinicians.

If you are an unlicensed or non-prescribing professional, you will need to partner with a licensed provider to implement BHRT or any protocol that requires clinical oversight outside of your scope of practice. This course does not modify or expand your scope of practice.

Absolutely — and you’re in good company. A significant portion of FHM students are allied health professionals, health coaches, nutritionists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other non-prescribing practitioners. This course was built with you in mind.

Here’s why: the ability to prescribe hormones is only one small piece of what it means to deliver exceptional hormone care. The vast majority of this curriculum focuses on the foundational knowledge that every practitioner working with hormonally complex patients needs — regardless of scope.

What you’ll gain that doesn’t require a prescription pad:

The deepest value in FHM lies in Modules I through III and V. You’ll develop a thorough understanding of hormonal physiology across the lifespan, learn how to interpret serum, saliva, and DUTCH testing with clinical precision, and understand the root causes behind conditions like PCOS, endometriosis, estrogen dominance, perimenopause, and andropause. Module V goes deep on lifestyle and nutrition — resistance training by hormone stage, circadian biology, sleep optimization, stress reduction, vaginal microbiome support, and nutritional strategies — all of which fall squarely within the scope of most allied practitioners.

You become the most valuable person in the room.

Patients with hormone imbalances often feel dismissed, confused, or poorly served by the conventional system. When you understand what’s actually happening hormonally, you become a trusted guide — someone who can speak to their labs with confidence, validate their experience, and help them ask the right questions of their prescribing provider. That’s an irreplaceable role.

You’ll know what good hormone medicine looks like.

Module IV covers BHRT — the forms, dosing principles, safety considerations, and monitoring protocols — not so you’ll prescribe it, but so you’ll understand it. This means you can be a genuine sounding board for your patients, help them evaluate whether the care they’re receiving aligns with evidence-based standards, and know when and to whom to refer.

You’ll be able to order and interpret hormone labs.

Many non-prescribing practitioners can and do order functional hormone testing through third-party labs. Even when they can’t, understanding how to read a DUTCH panel or interpret serum hormone patterns transforms your ability to contribute meaningfully to a patient’s care team and collaborate effectively with prescribers.

The bottom line: Prescribers need this course to prescribe well. Non-prescribers need it to support, guide, educate, and advocate — roles that are just as essential to patient outcomes. Hormone literacy is a clinical skill, and this course gives it to you in full.

Yes. We offer discounted rates for clinics, group practices, and organizations enrolling multiple practitioners. Please reach out to us at support@kresserinstitute.com for group pricing and enrollment options.

Yes! Upon completing Functional Hormone Mastery, you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion from Kresser Institute that you can display in your practice, on your website, and in your professional profiles.

Absolutely. Many Adapt Practitioner Training Program graduates tell us that hormones are one of the most common, and most challenging, clinical areas in their practice. Functional Hormone Mastery is a natural next step for Adapt grads who want to deepen their expertise, expand their service offerings, and feel confident managing complex hormone cases.

While the Adapt program provides a strong foundation in Functional Medicine principles, Functional Hormone Mastery offers advanced, specialized training in:

• BHRT prescribing and monitoring
• Advanced hormone lab interpretation (DUTCH, serum, saliva)
• Treatment protocols for PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and menopause
• Clinical case studies and real-world application

If you’re an Adapt grad looking to level up your hormone game, this course is for you.

Functional Hormone Mastery is a 40-hour training program. Because the course is self-paced, you can move faster or slower based on your availability and learning style.

We offer a high-level breakdown of the course on this page, or you can download the full course curriculum here.

Yes, financing for this course is available through Klarna for U.S. students. Please note that your financing agreement will be with Klarna, and that any questions about your agreement or billing should be directed to Klarna. To enroll in a Klarna payment plan, please select the option on the checkout page.

At this time, Klarna is only available for U.S. residents.