Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Obesity and Regulation of Body weight
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To explain the physiology of body weight regulation
Learning Outcomes:
• To understand the factors that contribute to weight gain
• To understand the obstacles to weight loss
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Stigma and Prejudices
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To educate health care professionals regarding weight bias in healthcare
Learning Outcomes:
• To be able to recognise weight bias
• To understand the impact that weight bias has to patients.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Primary Care of Weight Management
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: Introduce the weight management treatment in the different healthcare settings
Learning Outcomes:
• To be confident to raise the topic of weight with patients appropriately
• To be aware of the different weight loss treatments available
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To inform regarding the current bariatric surgical options
Learning Outcomes:
• Understand the risk and benefits of each bariatric surgical procedures
• Understand the factors that need to be taken in consideration regarding the choice of the bariatric surgery
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Care of Bariatric Patients
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To inform regarding the inpatient and lifelong after care of patients after bariatric surgery
Learning Outcomes:
• Be confident to care for a post op bariatric patient in any health care setting.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Break
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Diet and Nutrition after Surgery
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To inform regarding the nutritional needs of bariatric patients
Learning Outcomes:
• To understand the different diet stages the patients need to go through
• To understand the unique nutritional needs and restrictions patients face after bariatric surgery
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Obesity and Mental Health
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim: To raise awareness regarding the prevalence of mental health problems in people leaving with obesity and explain the role of psychological treatments in pre- and post-operative management.
Learning Outcomes:
• To understand how the rewarding food stimuli is affecting obesity and treatment of it.
• To understand the most important aspects of psychological assessment and pre-operative optimisation prior to bariatric surgery
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Pharmacotherapy
Host: Eleni Angeli
Info: Aim:
To educate regarding the available non-surgical treatments of obesity.
Learning Outcomes:
• To understand the key components in obesity treatment.
• To understand the factor that need to be taken in consideration when choosing a medical obesity treatment
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Clinical Scenarios Discussion
Host: Eleni Angeli
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Feedback and collection of Certificates of Attendance
Host: Eleni Angeli
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