Course

Healthy Weight Missouri: Medical Provider Training

Self-paced

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Full course description

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. This course includes four modules with brief video-based lessons. 
 
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: 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
 
Helena Laroche, MD, Kansas City, MO
 
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
 
 
Department: 
MU Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP)

Accreditation

Successful Completion

Successful completion of this activity includes participating in the entire 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.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

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 4 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 4 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 4 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.

American Board of Family Medicine

Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, Links to an external site.Healthy Weight Missouri-Medical Providers has met the requirements as a Lifelong Learning CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards: 

 Healthy Weight Missouri-Medical Providers 

ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Family Medicine

https://www.continuingcertification.org/activity/healthy-weight-missouri-medical-providers/Links to an external site.

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. 

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.