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Improving Obesity Diagnosis and Treatment through Endocrinology and Primary Care Collaboration
Course Description

AACE’s Improving Obesity Diagnosis and Treatment through Endocrinology and Primary Care Collaboration is designed to equip primary care physicians, physicians in-training, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered dietitians, nurses, and other health care providers with evidence-based knowledge to foster the understanding of obesity as a complex, chronic, progressive, and treatable multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, and provides treatment strategies, including information on the safety and effectiveness of anti-obesity medications (AOMs) as adjuncts to lifestyle modifications and bariatric procedures.

 

This program includes multiple activities that allow for high levels of learner involvement, interactivity, feedback, and a focus on a case-based approach. These include:

 

Four presentations:

1. Obesity Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

2. Starting the Journey to Healthy Weight (Overcoming Stigma and Barriers)

3. How to Start Treating Obesity in the Office

4. Advanced Therapeutics for Obesity Beyond Lifestyle Interventions

 

Three “Patient Conversations” providing case-based examples for patient communication.

1. Lifestyle-based Weight Management Patient Conversation

2. Obesity Treatment: Surgical Options Patient Conversation

3. Obesity Treatment: Medication-based Patient Conversation

 

A patient video to provide insight on provider/patient interaction from the patient perspective.

 

Self-Assessment style patient cases to test your knowledge.

Accreditation and Designation Statements
Physicians and Physician Assistants 
The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of [MAX NUMBER OF CREDITS] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

ABIM MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to [MAX NUMBER OF MOC POINTS] MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Only those who receive a passing score will be eligible for MOC credit.  

Please allow two weeks for MOC points to appear within your account on the ABIM website. Participation information will be shared.

Nurses [ONLY IF APPLICABLE]
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number [PROVIDER NUMBER IF APPLICABLE], for [MAX NUMBER OF CONTACT HOURS] contact hours.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants should be better able to:   
  • Recognize obesity as a chronic, serious disease warranting diagnosis, long-term management, and early intervention to minimize associated comorbidities and psychosocial health consequences. 
  • Identify the biological basis of obesity including the role of genetics and hormones on appetite and energy regulation, metabolic adaptation to weight loss, and cardiometabolic risk factors. 
  • Destigmatize obesity to initiate and enhance patient engagement in healthy weight conversations and facilitate discussions on evidence-based obesity treatments in healthcare settings. 
  • Manage obesity with shared decision making, including AOM pharmacotherapy, bariatric surgery, behavior, and lifestyle interventions to achieve and maintain clinically meaningful, long-term weight loss. 
  • Implement strategies that lead to improved patient adherence in obesity care.

Target Audience
  • Primary care physicians (PCPs)
  • Physicians in-training
  • Nurse practitioners (NPs)
  • Physician assistants (PAs)
  • Registered dietitians (RDs)
  • Nurses
  • Other health care providers (HCPs).
Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) remains strongly committed to providing the best available evidence based clinical information to participants of this educational activity and requires an open disclosure of any potential conflict of interest identified by our faculty members. It is not the intent of AACE to eliminate all situations of potential conflict of interest, but rather to enable those who are working with AACE to recognize situations that may be subject to question by others. All disclosed conflicts of interest are reviewed by the CME Subcommittee to ensure that such situations are properly evaluated and, if necessary, resolved. AACE educational standards pertaining to conflict of interest are intended to maintain the professional autonomy of the clinical experts inherent in promoting a balanced presentation of science. Through our review process, all AACE accredited activities are ensured of independent, objective, scientifically balanced presentations of information. Disclosure of any or no relationships will be made available for all educational activities. 

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. All other planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.  

Planners
  • Monica Agarwal, MD, FACE, MEHP - Nothing to Disclose
  • Jaime Almandoz, MD  - NovoNordisk, Eli Lilly - Advisory Boards
  • Sandhya Bassin, MD  - Nothing to Disclose
  • Lissa Bauer, MD, FACP  - Nothing to Disclose
  • Karla Saint Andre, MD  - Rythm, Novartis, Karyopharm, Pacific, Viatris, Novo, Rockley, Amgen - Stocks 
  • Diane Alberson, MEd, CAE - Nothing to Disclose
Faculty
  • Brandi Addison, DO, FACE  - Nothing to Disclose
  • Jaime Almandoz, MD  - NovoNordisk, Eli Lilly - Advisory Boards
  • Sandhya Bassin, MD  - Nothing to Disclose
  • Lissa Bauer, MD, FACP  - Nothing to Disclose
  • Karla Saint Andre, MD  - Rythm, Novartis, Karyopharm, Pacific, Viatris, Novo, Rockley, Amgen - Stocks 
Commercial Support

This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Eli Lilly and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals.

List of Faculty
  • Brandi Addison, DO, FACE, Endocrinology Course Director, South Texas Endocrinology & Metabolism Center, PLLC
  • Monica Agarwal, MD, FACE, MEHP, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
  • Jaime Almandoz, MD, MBA, FTOS, MRCPI, Medical Director, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Sandhya Bassin, MD, Endocrinology Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai
  • Lissa Bauer, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor, Naval Medical Center San Diego
  • Karla Saint Andre, MD, Endocrinologist, Houston Methodist Hospital
Disclaimer

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

AACE requires CME faculty (speakers) to disclose when products or procedures being discussed are off label, unlabeled, experimental and/or investigational, and any limitations on the information that is presented, such as data that are preliminary, or that represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or unsupported opinion. Faculty in this activity may discuss information about pharmaceutical agents that is outside of US Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications. AACE does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. If you have questions, contact the Medical Affairs Department of the manufacturer for the most recent prescribing information.

Number of Faculty Members
6
Number of Lectures
4
Engaged Member Price
0.00
Informed Member Price
0.00
Non-Member Price
0.00
Purchase URL
http://pro.aace.com
Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Cost: FREE
Credit Offered:
3.75 CME Credits
3.75 Participation Credits
3.75 Nursing Credits
3.75 ABIM-MOC Points
3.75 ABOM Credits
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