2020 SPRING OBESITY SUMMIT

During the Building an Obesity Treatment Plan Workshop, learn the process for developing comprehensive and individualized obesity treatment plans for patients utilizing OMA’s four pillars of clinical obesity treatment: nutrition, physical activity, behavior, and medication. Learn the fundamental aspects of each treatment pillar, and virtually interact with your peers while you work through cases presented by clinical experts in obesity medicine to gain clinically applicable tips and techniques.

The Obesity Medicine Practice Management Essentials course will focus practical skills to sucessfully setting up and running an obesity medicine practice. These sessions will review obesity medicine billing and coding basics, maximizing patient visits through telemedicine, group visits, mobile health devices and more. Attendees will have access to session recordings for up to a year after the conference.

During the Spring Obesity Summit, gain a well-rounded skillset to treat obesity and obesity-related conditions in your practice. Learn how to make specific dietary recommendations to meet patients' needs, how to initiate the conversation about obesity with your patients, how to incorporate anti-obesity medications into treatment plans and more. Attendees will have access to the session recordings for up to a year after the conference.

Knowledge, direction or persuasion are often ineffective in helping patients make lifestyle changes. Motivational interviewing utilizes patient-centered engagement and goal-setting in line with the patient’s objectives. The session is intended to enhance knowledge and skill in the application of motivational interviewing for the patient with obesity. Attendees will have access to session recordings for up to a year after the conference.

Bundle Building an Obesity Treatment Plan Workshop with the Spring Obesity Summit to gain a better understanding of obesity as a disease, enhance skills for evaluation of the patient with obesity and apply the four pillar approach to treating obesity. This conference bundle will enhance your comfort and skills when treating patients with obesity as well as develop effective obesity treatment plans for patients. Attendees will have access to session recordings for up to a year after the conference.

Bundle the Practice Management with the Spring Obesity Summit to gain a well-rounded skillset to treat obesity and obesity-related conditions in your practice and acquire skills to set up a successful obesity medicine practice. This conference bundle will enhance your comfort and ability to treat patients with obesity as well as provide you with practical strategies to improve your obesity medicine practice. Attendees will have access to session recordings for up to a year after the conference.

Bundle Motivational Interviewing in Obesity Treatment and the Spring Obesity Summit to apply evidence-based guidelines to the clinical treatment of obesity and adiposity related conditions. Learn how to make specific dietary recommendations to meet patients’ needs, how to incorporate anti-obesity medications into treatment plans and more. Attend the Motivational Interviewing post-conference to enhance knowledge and skills in the application of motivational interviewing to developing treatment plans for the patient with obesity. Attendees will have access to the session recordings for up to a year after the conference.