Childhood obesity management presents many challenges to health care professionals. This course enables the participant to understand obesity as a serious, chronic, progressive and relapsing disease, and to appreciate the complexities that may hinder optimal patient diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care.
This course is appropriate for experienced professionals, non-specialists in obesity-related professions, and as a refresher for people working within the paediatric community.
Definition and prevalence of obesity. Obesity related complications. Fat mass regulation. Disease spectrum and initiation of appropriate treatments.
Expectations for treatment progression. Changes in body composition. Relapse, drop-out, ethics, and success. Direct and indirect effects of treatment.
Focus on the health care professional: pedagogy and communication. The patient with difficult-to-manage obesity. Neuroendocrine implications in communication and understanding. Nuanced understanding of empathy, authenticity, self-identification, challenges, resistance, authority, suffering, and perspective. Rhythm and flow in communication. Strategies to improve treatment for patients with difficult-to manage obesity.
Teaching will be delivered by EASO affiliated KOLs via lectures and clinical case studies. All sessions will have protected Q&A time.
Up to 40 places are available for this online training course. Applications are invited from HCPs working in European countries, and acceptance will be restricted to applicants who:
Priority will be given to applicants who are members of EASO affiliated National Associations.
Successful applicants will be expected to attend all sessions.
EASO expects to receive a high number of applications, it is therefore important that you give as much information as possible in your submission. There is no registration fee to participate, but this is a competitive application process and only a limited number of candidates will be accepted.
The Application Deadline is 15 September 2021.
