Physician Medical Weight Loss Training - Chicago, IL

Medical Weight Loss Training Program

The Medical Weight Loss Training Program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to integrate effective weight loss options into your practice. Weight loss medicine is highly lucrative and in high demand by patients. This detailed and comprehensive course covers specific FDA pharmaceutical weight loss protocols, hormonal protocols, bariatric protocols, and other treatments based on medical necessity and patient health.

In addition, you will learn about adjunctive procedures such as MIC injections, Vitamin B-12, various supplements, and the off-label use of other weight loss prescriptions.

Why Choose This Program?

• The weight loss care market is nearly $58 billion, with companies like Weight Watchers and Nestlé's Jenny Craig generating over $2 billion in annual revenue.
• During the physician-prescribed weight loss training, you will gain insight into diet functions, various diet methods, and contraindications.
• Creating a weight loss program can be complex and time-consuming. Empire has streamlined this process with patient workups, including blood and hormonal pattern testing. Initial consultation questionnaires and forms are included digitally in the course.

Course Highlights:

• Understand how to combine different weight management options to maximize results, helping patients lose weight while shaping and toning their bodies with minimal exertion.
• Learn how to provide a personalized weight loss regimen and maintenance program to help patients keep the weight off permanently.
• The options presented are safe and medically proven to be effective, including pharmaceutical, hormonal, medical at-risk, and bariatric-approved programs.

The Correlation Between Obesity and Health Risks

Being overweight is linked to heart disease, diabetes, and other serious medical complications. Create a standard of care for integrating weight loss services into your practice. Understand potential complications associated with obesity and poor health, and develop a program that fits your lifestyle, medical needs, and future goals.

Medical Weight Loss Training - Agenda

In-Person Course Agenda

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration
• 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM:
• • Epidemiology of Obesity in the USA
  • Lifestyle & Environmental Factors Behind Obesity
  • Effects of Adrenal, Thyroid, and Gonadal Hormone Imbalance
• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Break
• 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM:
• • hCG Diet Plan: Protocols, Contraindications, Delivery Methods, and Compliance Issues
  • MIC Injections, Vitamin B-12, Meal Replacements, and Other Supplements
  • Exercise and Weight Loss Compliance
• 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM:
• • Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X) and Hypothyroidism
  • Diagnosis, Testing, and Treatment Protocols for Weight Management
• 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch (on your own)
• 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM:
• • Medical Weight Loss Patient Management: Pre-existing Conditions, Pharmacologics, and Drug Interactions
  • Customizing Personal Weight Loss Plans for Medical At-Risk Patients
  • Weight Loss Supplements: When and How to Use Them
  • Interaction & Precautions; Prescription and OTC Protocols
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Break
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM:
• • Implementing Weight Loss into Your Practice and Maintenance Programs
  • Insurance, Testing, Follow-up, and Special Considerations
  • Starting Up Your Weight Loss Practice and Integrating it into Your Existing Patients and Community

Live Virtual Course Agenda

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration
• 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM:
• • Epidemiology of Obesity in the USA
  • Lifestyle & Environmental Factors Behind Obesity
  • Effects of Adrenal, Thyroid, and Gonadal Hormone Imbalance
• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Break
• 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM:
• • hCG Diet Plan: Protocols, Contraindications, Delivery Methods, and Compliance Issues
  • MIC Injections, Vitamin B-12, Meal Replacements, and Other Supplements
  • Exercise and Weight Loss Compliance
• 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM:
• • Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X) and Hypothyroidism
  • Diagnosis, Testing, and Treatment Protocols for Weight Management
• 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch (on your own)
• 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM:
• • Medical Weight Loss Patient Management: Pre-existing Conditions, Pharmacologics, and Drug Interactions
  • Customizing Personal Weight Loss Plans for Medical At-Risk Patients
  • Weight Loss Supplements: When and How to Use Them
  • Interaction & Precautions; Prescription and OTC Protocols
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM: Break
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM:
• • Implementing Weight Loss into Your Practice and Maintenance Programs
  • Insurance, Testing, Follow-up, and Special Considerations
  • Starting Up Your Weight Loss Practice and Integrating it into Your Existing Patients and Community

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