Description
More effective treatment options for Missouri adults and youth with obesity are available than ever before. This free training targets the following healthcare professionals: APRN, MD, PA, DO, RN, RDN, RPh, PharmD.
The training provides describes intensive/family-based behavioral treatment and medication therapy for patients with obesity. The 90 minute, video-based training includes evidenced-based information on:
- review of health behavior changes that help set patients up for success
- options for more intensive behavioral treatment
- prescribing tips to maximize medication safety and efficacy
Contact hours for this course will not be awarded after August 31, 2025. Accreditation Successful completion includes registering for the educational activity, attending the entire activity, completing the online evaluation, and the online verification of attendance.
Continuing Medical Education:
The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Missouri - Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 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 1 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 1 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.
Nursing Contact Hours
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
1.5 nursing contact hours will be awarded, which includes 1.5 Rx hours.
Pharmacy credit has been applied for.
Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosures Current ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) and Midwest Multistate Division, ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation) rules state that participants in CE activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial interest in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s).
Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form.
No planning committee member or speaker has a relevant financial interest.
Syllabus
- review of health behavior changes that help set patients up for success
- options for more intensive behavioral treatment
- prescribing tips to maximize medication safety and efficacy
Credit:
Accreditation and Disclosures
Contact hours for this course will not be awarded after February 28, 2026.
Accreditation
Successful completion includes registering for the educational activity, attending the entire activity, completing the online evaluation, and the online verification of attendance.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
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.
The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this activity for 1.5 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating 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 1 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 1 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.
Missouri Board of Pharmacy
The Continuing Education Committee of the Board of Pharmacy has reviewed and approved the application for Beyond the Scale Personalized Care for Obesity in Adults & Adolescents.
Program Number: 2025-08-03
Approved Dates: August 19, 2025-February 28, 2026
Approved Contact Hours: one and one half hours (1.5) CE(s).
Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosures
The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education state that participants in CE activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial relationship in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form.
No planning committee member or speaker has a relevant financial relationship.
This free training targets the following healthcare professionals: APRN, MD, PA, DO, RN, RDN, RPh, PharmD.
