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The Cooper Institute in joint sponsorship with The American Heart Association is proud to bring you the Adult Obesity in Clinical Practice series of multi-component, enduring online training and education programs.
The purpose of the Dietary Recommendations for Lasting Weight Loss educational activity is to provide health care professionals with introductory knowledge, skills, tools, and resources needed to work with overweight and obese patients on weight loss for the prevention of heart disease, stroke, some cancers and other chronic diseases.
The activity will provide continuing education opportunities that engage health care practitioners through text, audio, and interactive video. Education is also provided on how practical tools for dietary and weight management counseling can be incorporated into current practices given multiple barriers to screening, assessment, and intervention.
Additionally, the activity includes education regarding health care practitioner tools for screening for dietary habits, assessing behaviors related to food choices, assessing readiness to change behaviors related to dietary behaviors, providing brief behavioral counseling on changing behaviors that increase risk for overweight/obesity, and providing resources/referrals for frequent and long-term change, support, and follow-up.
The education also includes patient tools (e.g., downloadable PDFs) for providing recommendations on weight management and guiding development of cognitive and behavioral skills for making and maintaining behavior changes.
Finally, an interactive web site will be included to host continuing education, health care practitioner, and patient tools as well as engage users in the weight management process by enabling them to communicate, participate, and share information with others.
Assessments related to the learning content for all segments of the education are also included in the instruction. Participants' will be evaluated at the end of the instruction to assess their knowledge and comprehension of the instructional content.
Dietary Recommendations for Lasting Weight Loss Course Topics:
Credits:
To earn credit listed below, you will need to score a 70% or better on the end of course test. Upon successful completion you will be able to immediately print your certificate of credit.
The Adult Obesity in Clinical Practice series also consists of:
Course Fee: $39.00
Timeline: You have 30 days from the purchase date to complete your self-paced study and take the end-of-course test. You may login and start immediately.
Requirements for Your Computer:
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Heart Association and the Cooper Institute. The American Heart Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Heart Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All persons who develop and/or control educational content in CME activities sponsored by the American Heart Association will disclose to the audience all financial relationships with any commercial supporters of this activity as well as with other commercial interests whose lines of business are related to the CME-certified content of this activity. In addition, presenters will disclose unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in course presentation materials.
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation – Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 2.00 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.
Continuing Education Accreditation - Nurses
The American Heart Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 1.50 contact hour.
Accredited status does not imply endorsement by the American Heart Association or the American Nurses Credentialing Center of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.
| Class Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
Online |
05/31/2013 |
Adult Obesity in Clinical Practice: Dietary Recommendations for Lasting Weight Loss 