Shifting the Scales in the Long-term Management of Obesity Part 1 of 4 – Obesity as a Chronic Disease: Why All Healthcare Providers Should Help Tip the Scale…Backwards
Shifting the Scales in the Long-term Management of Obesity
Part 1 of 4 – Obesity as a Chronic Disease: Why All Healthcare Providers Should Help Tip the Scale…Backwards
Release Date: December 28, 2021
Expiration Date: December 31, 2022
Activity Overview and Format
This is the first activity in a 4-activity series. We encourage you to complete all 4 activities for the most comprehensive educational experience.
- Learners will begin the activity with a pretest
- Following the pretest, learners will be guided through an expert video, where the faculty member will discuss approaching the person living with obesity
- At the conclusion of the expert video, learners will demonstrate knowledge improvement through a posttest
Faculty:
 | Sean Wharton, MD, PharmD, FRCP(C) |
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, and fellows who treat or manage people living with obesity, including those in the fields of endocrinology, bariatric surgery, cardiology, women’s health, gastroenterology, rheumatology, family medicine, internal medicine, and general practice, among others.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
- Explain what weight bias and weight stigma are, and challenge their own biases towards people living with obesity
- Explain the mechanisms contributing to obesity and metabolic adaptation to weight loss, and their implications for long-term obesity management
CME and CE Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements
Physicians
The Institute for Medical and Nursing Education, Inc. (IMNE), is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
IMNE designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
IMNE is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC’s) Commission on Accreditation.
IMNE designates this educational activity for 0.25 contact hours of continuing education credit (0.025 CEUs). Accreditation by the ANCC’s Commission on Accreditation refers to recognition of educational activities and does not imply approval or endorsement of any product.
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists
ANCC-accredited providers have been approved by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE) as providers of continuing education (CE). Individuals seeking recertification from the CBDCE can use the CE contact hours received through their participation in this activity.
Disclosures
It is the policy of IMNE to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All individuals involved in planning (eg, faculty, CME/CE provider staff, and educational partner staff) are expected to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests over the past 24 months. It is also required that faculty identify and reference off-label product or investigational uses of pharmaceutical agents and medical devices.
All faculty, planners, and others in a position to influence the content of this educational activity have filed statements of disclosure of relevant financial relationships. Any relevant financial relationship identified of a planner, faculty and others have been mitigated through a peer review process using persons without any relevant financial relationships. Documentation regarding this mitigation strategy is available by contacting Steve Weinman at 609-377-1030 or steve.weinman@imne.com.
The following disclosures have been made:
Faculty
Sean Wharton, MD, PharmD, FRCP(C)
Speaker’s bureau: Bausch Health Canada, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk
Consultant: Bausch Health Canada, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk
Contracted research: Bausch Health Canada, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk
IMNE Staff
Amy Groves
Business Lead
Ms Groves has nothing to disclose.
Steve Weinman, MSc, RN
Director of Accreditation
Lead Nurse Planner
Mr Weinman has nothing to disclose.
Michelle Fisher
Account Coordinator
Ms Fisher has nothing to disclose.
Rebecca De Saulles, BSc
Medical Writer
Ms De Saulles has nothing to disclose.
CME/CE Reviewers
Martin Quan, MD
Dr Quan has nothing to disclose.
Catherine Lombardi, RN
Ms Lombardi has nothing to disclose.
Disclaimer
This activity is designed for health care providers for educational purposes. Information and opinions offered by the faculty/presenters represent their own viewpoints. Conclusions drawn by the participants should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information.
While IMNE makes every effort to have accurate information presented, no warranty, expressed or implied, is offered. The participant should use his/her clinical judgment, knowledge, experience, and diagnostic decision-making before applying any information, whether provided here or by others, for any professional use.
Privacy and Confidentiality Statement
IMNE will record learners’ personal information as provided on CME/CE evaluations to allow for issuance and tracking of CME/CE certificates. IMNE may also track aggregate responses to questions in activities and evaluations and use these data to inform the ongoing evaluation and improvement of its CME/CE program. No individual performance data or other personal information collected from evaluations will be shared with third parties.
Commercial Support Acknowledgment
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.
Method of Participation
To receive a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™or 0.25 continuing nursing education contact hours, participants should note the following:
- Begin the activity by completing the pretest
- Read and/or watch and/or listen to the content, which should take approximately 15 minutes to complete
- To claim CME/CE credit, you must complete the posttest corresponding to the activity with a score of ≥80% and then complete the activity evaluation form
- Upon completion of the activity, you will earn CME/CE credits
The estimated time to complete this activity is 0.25 hours. For questions about the content or obtaining CME/CE credit, please contact Steve Weinman, MSc, RN, at steve.weinman@imne.com.