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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:
Adult Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Contextual Factors Influencing Risk for Obesity
Effective Communication for Obesity Care
 
Learning Outcomes:
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 Adult and Adolescent
By the end of this module, learners will:
  • Self-report strategies for discussing insurance coverage for GLP1s for adults, including Mo HealthNet Coverage
  • Self-report how to apply behavior and lifestyle recommendations to patients on obesity medications, including the Mo HealthNet biopsychosocial benefits for adults
  • Self-report current national recommendations for child obesity evaluation and treatment
  • Self-report Mo HealthNet biopsychosocial treatments that benefit youth
  • Self-report Mo HealthNet covered options for pharmacotherapy 
 
Module 2 Contextual Factors Influencing Risk for Obesity
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 3: 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 

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. 

Joint Accreditation Statement 

In support of improving patient care, University of Missouri - Continuing Education for Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.    

Credit Designation Statements 

Physician (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ 

The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 2.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosures

Helena LaRoche, MD, owns stock in APLT- Applied Therapeutics, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and Evaxion A/S.  All relevant financial relationships for this individual have been mitigated. No other relevant financial relationships were identified for any member of the planning committee or presenter.

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.
 
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