Time Commitment: 3 hours over 6 weeks
Target Professions: MD, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse, DO
Target Specialties: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Certified Diabetes Educator
Credits Available: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 3.0 ANCC Contact Hours, 3.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit

Approximately 70% of all adults in the United States are overweight or have obesity. Unfortunately, obesity remains underdiagnosed and inadequately addressed in routine practice. While enormous strides have been made in recent years relative to the safety and efficacy of anti-obesity medications in inducing meaningful and sustainable weight loss and improvement of weight-related health risks, these agents remain underutilized in clinical practice. To address these gaps and improve the practice of primary care providers (PCPs) who treat patients with obesity, this educational intervention will facilitate exchange of information, clinical experience, and practical guidance, while establishing sustainable support networks between obesity-management specialists and PCPs.


CME/CE Accreditation Information

Self Study

Live Group Discussions

  • Live Group Discussion: Key Pearls and Persistent Gaps From the Curriculum

    Join your colleagues and group leader for a discussion of the program curriculum, including lessons learned and remaining questions. The group will discuss key points from each of the preceding modules, and share their clinical questions and general comments.

  • Live Group Discussion: Make-up Session (Optional)

    This is a session for group members who missed the first live group discussion "Key Pearls and Persistent Gaps From the Curriculum"

  • Discussion of Group Challenges and Action Plans

    Join your colleagues and group leader for a discussion of individual Action Plans and any anticipated barriers. The group will discuss their action plans and barriers to implementation while receiving real-time feedback from the group leader and other group members.

Group Tasks

  • Case Challenge - Jennifer T.

    Meet Jennifer T. - a 52-year-old woman struggling with managing her obesity

My Action Plans

  • Develop your Obesity Management Action Plan

    Use what you have learned to develop an action plan to improve the care you provide to patients with obesity.

Interested in becoming a Group Leader?

Requirements:
Group leaders should be highly proficient in the diagnosis, assessment, and management of patients with obesity, and have a working knowledge of working in collaboration with other healthcare professionals. Group leaders include clinicians involved in specialized care for patients with obesity (such as members of the American Board of Obesity Medicine), clinical research studies related to choosing appropriate therapy for patients with obesity, or associated clinical teaching. Apply Now

Interested in participating in this curriculum? You can join one of the following groups:

Vivek Gupta, MD, MPH
CEO
SG
Sarita Golikeri Subramaniam, MD
physician
Jennifer Kucera, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, FOMA
NS
Nikita Shah, DO
Medical Director and Founder
CH
Cheryl Holsworth, RN
Senior Specialist for Bariatric Surgery
Amy Butts, PA-C, BC-ADM, CDCES
Endocrinology Physician Assistant
Mahtab Ahmed, MD
Physician
Nathan Lesch, MSN
Lead Nurse Practitioner
Gina Cuneo-Ramos, MSN-Nurse Practitioner
Partner/Nurse Practitioner