For Private Practices

Free Patient Education Courses to Share With Your Patients

Patients ask good questions about a GLP-1 they just started, an A1c that came back at 6.1, or a supplement they saw online. The honest answer takes forty minutes you do not have. Four free, self paced courses answer those questions properly, written for patients with no science background.

Free to your patients, permanently. Your practice buys nothing, receives nothing, and shares no patient information with us.

Free Patient Education Courses for GLP-1, Diabetes, and Heart Health

Each course is free and complete on its own. Patients enroll themselves directly, and nothing identifies them as coming from your practice. Lessons run five to ten minutes and access does not expire, so a patient can start the week you mention it or two years later when it becomes relevant.

When a patient starts or is considering a GLP-1

Protecting Muscle on GLP-1 Medications

Covers protein intake, resistance training, and preserving lean mass during rapid weight loss, ending with a beginner strength plan that requires no gym.

The course is medication neutral. It does not advocate for or against semaglutide or tirzepatide, does not discuss dosing, and does not suggest anyone alter or discontinue a prescription. It exists to answer the muscle question your patients are already asking.

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When an A1c or fasting glucose comes back elevated

Patient Education for Diabetes and Prediabetes

Explains how insulin resistance develops over years before glucose looks abnormal, what HbA1c actually measures, and which risk factors are genuinely modifiable. Prevention focused, which means it is equally useful for a patient with a family history who has never been screened.

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When a lipid panel or blood pressure reading needs explaining

Patient Education for Heart Health and Cholesterol

Walks through how atherosclerosis develops silently over decades, what the numbers on a lipid panel represent, and what blood pressure readings mean. Written so a patient arrives at their next appointment able to participate in the conversation rather than needing the basics again.

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When a patient asks about something they saw online

Truth in Fitness Marketing

A framework for evaluating supplement advertising, transformation photography, influencer claims, and whether a credential matches the advice being given. This is the one to recommend to the patient who arrives with a printout.

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Cost, Privacy, and Compliance: What to Know Before Recommending

You are being asked to point patients toward material produced by a private company, so here is the full commercial picture in plain terms.

The four courses are free and complete. Nothing is withheld behind a payment. At the end of each one, patients are offered a 20% discount on Health and Wellness Foundations, a paid comprehensive course. That offer is how the free courses are funded.

  • No compensation of any kind to your practice
  • No affiliate program, referral fee, or revenue share
  • No tracking of which patients came from which practice
  • No protected health information received from you

We could not pay you based on referrals even if we wanted to, because we have no way of counting them. Patients enroll themselves with an email address.

If your compliance officer wants this in writing on letterhead, ask and we will send it.

How to Share These With Patients

1

After visit summary

The most common approach is a sentence in the after visit summary or a portal message with the course link. It takes a few seconds and the patient reads it when they are home and calm rather than in the room.

2

Mention it in the moment

Some clinicians bring it up verbally when the question comes up, then send the link afterward so the patient has it in writing.

3

Save it as a template

Others keep the four links saved as a text expansion or template phrase in the EHR, so recommending one is a keystroke.

There is nothing to enroll in, no account to create on your end, no roster, and no reporting back to you. The links are public and permanent.

Written by an educator, not a physician

Chris Bigelow holds a Master's degree in Kinesiology and has taught health and exercise science at the college level for more than 10 years, including at Bryan University. He is not a physician and this is not clinical content.

That distinction shapes what the courses do. They stay inside lifestyle, physiology, and health literacy. They do not diagnose, do not recommend treatment, do not advise anyone to change or stop a medication, and do not contradict standard clinical guidance. Every course tells patients that decisions about their care belong with their own provider.

The material is built on peer reviewed research and written for adults with no science background, using the same instructional approach that works with students who did not arrive as experts.

If you review a course and find something you would phrase differently or think is wrong, tell us. Clinical correction from someone who sees these patients daily is worth more to us than a compliment, and we will act on it.

Questions Clinicians Ask Before Recommending Patient Education

Is there any cost to my patients?

No. The four courses are free permanently. The only paid item is a separate comprehensive course offered at a discount at the end, which no patient needs to take.

Does my practice pay anything or receive anything?

Neither. Your practice buys nothing and receives no compensation, gifts, or incentives.

Do you receive patient information from us?

No. Patients enroll themselves and provide an email address to the learning platform. We receive nothing from your practice and hold no protected health information.

Is this clinical education?

No. It is general health education for adults. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace medical care, and it consistently directs patients back to their own provider.

Does the content take a position on GLP-1 medications?

No. The GLP-1 course addresses protein intake and resistance training during weight loss. It does not advocate for or against the medications, does not discuss dosing or side effect management, and does not suggest altering a prescription.

How long does a course take?

Five to ten minute lessons, five to seven lessons per course. Most patients finish one in under an hour, spread across whatever pace suits them. Access does not expire.

How do patients access it?

Any web browser on a phone, tablet, or computer, through the Thinkific platform. There is also an optional mobile app. Nothing needs to be installed.

Is the content accessible?

Videos are captioned and audio lessons include written transcripts. Lessons have been checked for basic screen reader navigation. We have not completed a formal WCAG conformance audit.

Who do patients contact with technical problems?

Thinkific support handles login and platform issues directly, so your staff does not field them. Content questions come to us.

Can I review the material before recommending it?

Yes, and we would prefer you did. The courses are free to you as well. Enroll, look through whichever ones are relevant to your patients, and decide for yourself.

Look at them yourself first

The courses are free to you too. Spend twenty minutes with the one most relevant to your patients and decide whether it is something you would put your name behind.

Educational content only. Not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.