What Strategies Can PCPs Use to Improve Communication About Obesity with Patients?

Engaging in patient-centered communication when discussing obesity is a crucial step toward helping your patients reach their weight-management goals. In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies for supporting patients’ treatment by utilizing a comprehensive understanding of this chronic disease.

Additional Information

Partner: 
Pri-Med Institute
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.42 AANP Contact Hours
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Course opens: 
08/27/2023
Course expires: 
08/28/2024
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Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA

Chair of Family Medicine
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Director, Campbell University Health Center
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Tonia Y. Vinton, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Disclosures

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by faculty, and all have been mitigated by Pri-Med Institute.

Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA: Consultant for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Gelesis; Independent Contractor for Medifast

Tonia Vinton, MD: No relevant financial relationships disclosed

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

Pri-Med Institute designates this enduring material 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.

AANP

Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 040308.

Designation Statement

This activity is approved for 0.42 contact hours of continuing education, which includes 0.00 hours of pharmacology.

MOC Credit Information

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.25 Medical Knowledge 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. 

Instructions for Obtaining Credit

Once you have completed the activity, please click the "next" button to advance to the post-activity assessment. To complete this activity and claim credit, you must answer 2 out of the 2 questions correctly. If you are not successful after your first attempt, you will be given an opportunity to reflect upon the answer rationales and have the opportunity to review the educational content before proceeding. Once you have selected your answers, click the "submit" button to complete the evaluation questions and proceed to the claim credit screen. For PAs, the NCCPA accepts for Category 1 CME credit activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

Available Credit

  • 0.42 AANP Contact Hours
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
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