Activity ID
14089Expires
June 30, 2026Format Type
EnduringCME Credit
1.5Fee
$0CME Provider: Continuing Education for Health Professions
Description of CME Course
More effective treatment options for Missouri adults and youth with obesity are available than ever before. This training will familiarize healthcare professionals with intensive/family-based behavioral treatment and medication therapy for patients with obesity. The session will review health behavior changes that help set patients up for success, options for more intensive behavioral treatment and prescribing tips to maximize medication safety and efficacy.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Psychiatry and Neurology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Learners will self-report an increase in knowledge about the elements of intensive behavioral treatment and show how to access this treatment for their patients with obesity.
Learners will self-report an increase in knowledge of recommended evaluation and monitoring practices for patients with obesity before and during use of pharmacotherapy.
Learners will have an increased knowledge of health behavior changes to help set patients up for treatment success.
Keywords
Body Mass, Rigorous, Unhealthy
Competencies
Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
