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Description
This on-demand, self-paced course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of medical providers caring for individuals with overweight or obesity. Be sure to check out the course Syllabus to increase your understanding of learner requirements if you want credit for your participation in one or more modules.
This course includes four modules with brief video-based lessons presented by subject matter experts, listed below.
Syllabus
Course Overview:
This on-demand, self-paced course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of medical providers caring for individuals with overweight or obesity. Be sure to check out the course Syllabus to increase your understanding of learner requirements if you want credit for your participation in one or more modules. This course includes four modules with brief video-based lessons.
Adult Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Contextual Factors Influencing Risk for Obesity
Effective Communication for Obesity Care
Learning Outcomes:
Modules and Learning Objectives
Overall Global Learning Outcomes
- Increase confidence in managing children with obesity
- Increase confidence in managing adult with obesity
- Increase understanding of the concept of structural competency in the context of obesity
- Increase understanding of the relationships between structural factors and obesity outcomes
- Increase understanding of the interactions between structural factors in producing obesity outcomes
- Increase confidence in available resources to address structural factors
- Increase awareness of internal and external sources of weight bias/stigma.
Topics:
Module 1: Childhood Obesity
By the end of this module, learners will:
- Self-report an increase in knowledge about evaluation, treatment, clinic-based supports and clinical-community connections for children with obesity.
- Self-report an increase in confidence about managing children with obesity.
- Self-report an increased understanding in evaluation and treatment recommendations.
Module 2: Adult Obesity
By the end of this module, learners will:
- Self-report an increase in knowledge about diagnosis, evaluation, and management of adults with obesity.
- Self-report an increase in confidence about managing adults with obesity.
Module 3: Contextual Factors Influencing Risk for Obesity Intro
By the end of this module, learners will:
- Self-report how structural factors, including historic policies and practice, influence health and health inequities.
- Self-report multi-level facilitators and barriers between patients and the healthcare system.
- Self-report strategies to identify and engage key community stakeholders to improve healthcare quality.
- Self-report ways to increase community trust, including the enlistment of natural helpers and CHWs, to improve patient-provider trust and rapport.
- Self-report communication strategies to reach patients; and Collaborate with community partners to develop strategies to address patients’ social needs.
Module 4: Effective Communication for Obesity Care
By the end of this module, learners will:
- Self-report an increased understanding of the concept of structural competency
- Self-report an increased understanding of the relationship between structural factors in obesity
- Self report an increased knowledge of resources available to address structural factors
Instructor(s):
Amy Braddock, MD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri. Academic Fellowship earning MsPH degree. Her research focuses on child and adult obesity, especially mHealth apps for families and EHR tools for providers to address child and adolescent obesity in clinic.
Sarah Hampl, MD, FAAP
Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, Kemper Endowed Professor for Healthy Lifestyles, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Professor of Pediatrics, University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Dr. Hampl is involved in clinical care, PCP education, research and advocacy for children with obesity.
Helena Laroche, MD, Kansas City, MO
Scientific Medical Director
Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition, Children’s Mercy
Department:
MU Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP)
Accreditation:
Successful completion of this activity includes participating in the educational offering, participating in the online evaluation process, and completing the online verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements to claim continuing education.
Audience:
The target audience for this training series is clinical providers who work with adults living with obesity.
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.
