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Clinical Management of Obesity

 
1.5 Content Hours $19

Who Should Be Interested:
Nurses, Dietitians, Exercise Specialists and any healthcare professional working with obese populations.
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Presenters:
Debbie Strong, MBA, LDN, RD
Chuck Kitchen, MA, BS, ACSM Exercise Specialist, FAACVPR
Bill Priest, MS, BS, BA

Topics:

I. Clinical assessment of obesity

a. Assessing a patient with obesity

II. Tools used to screen patients with obesity

a. How to use tools
b. What tools indicate about the patient
c. Results that indicate obesity

III. Treating obesity with a multi-disciplinary team

a. Benefits of using multi-disciplinary team
b. Success rates/statistics

IV. Disordered eating and binge disorders

a. Define disordered eating and binge disorders
b. Signs of disordered eating patterns

1. Identifying a person with an eating disorder

c. Complications associated with behaviors
d. Treatment options

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the clinical assessment of obesity.
  2. List the tools to be used when screening of the obese population.
  3. Explain the importance of using the multi-disciplinary team approach in obese patients.
  4. Identify the signs of disordered eating and binge disorders and understand the complications associated with these disorders and how they are treated.
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Accreditation Information

Nurses – Academy Medical Systems is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 9.0 contact hours will be rewarded to nursing professionals at the completion of this workshop.

Academy medical Systems is also a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #CEP14413, for 9.0 hours. And we are also a provider approved by the Florida Board of Nursing, provider #50-19, for 9.0 hours.

Iowa Nurses – Academy Medical Systems has submitted an application for n Iowa approved provider number for live webinar presentations. Please contact us regarding the application status. The Iowa Board of Nurses will recognize the recorded webinars as a home study program. They recognize our ANCC approved provider status as well as our CA and Fl Board of Nursing provider approval for home study products for nurses in Iowa.

All other states recognize our approved provider status listed in the above text for continuing education credit for nurses.

Dietitians - Academy Medical Systems is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 9.0 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.

Occupational Therapist - Occupational Therapist will receive 9, continuing education hours for completion this program and a test score of 70% or better. AMS is an approved provider for the AOTA , provider # 5470.

Exercise Physiologist – ACSM recognizes AMS’s approved provider status with the ANCC and will honor our continuing education for Certified Exercise Physiologist recertification purposes.

Certified Athletic Trainers – Academy Medical Systems is recognized by the Board of Certification (BOC) to offer continuing education for certified athletic trainers. 9 hours will be awarded at the completion of this program.

Physical Therapists - PTs in the following states will receive 9 contact hours for completion of all 6 webinars: AK, CO, CT, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS (Cat 2), MA, ME, MI, MN (Cat 2), MT, NE, NM, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, UT, VA (Type 2), VT, VI, WA, WY.

Because each state’s continuing education requirements for physical therapists is subject to change, please verify this information with your state board. Thank you.


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