Listening First: Shared Decisions That Build Trust in Pediatric Obesity Care

Key Features

Comprehensive training to address low confidence and discomfort initiating sensitive conversations regarding weight in pediatric obesity. This activity features practical guidance on guideline-recommended screening, culturally and developmentally appropriate communication strategies, and the development of individualized treatment plans.

Earn up to 1.0 ABP MOC, ACCME credits/contact hours.

Topics Covered

Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Other

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Select evidence-based, guideline-recommended screening strategies to diagnose pediatric patients with obesity
• Apply strategies to discuss weight management with pediatric patients and/or their caregivers in a culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate manner
• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans for pediatric patients with obesity

Target Audience

This activity is designed for pediatricians who are involved in the care of children and adolescents with obesity in the United States.

Additional credit info

This activity is provided by MLI

Accreditation, Support and Credit
In support of improving patient care, Medical Learning Institute Inc is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education
Medical Learning Institute Inc (MLI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Participation information will be shared through the ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

For Physicians requesting MOC credit, the post-test and evaluation are required in their entirety as well as your ABP ID number, DOB (MM/DD), and a score of 70% or higher is needed to obtain MOC credit.

Notice to Diplomates: MLI will report any claimed MOC/Lifelong Learning points to the appropriate Board within 4 weeks of completing the activity. Please ensure that you have provided your Board ID number and MMDD of birth.

Support Statement
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Disclosure & Conflict of Interest Policy
Medical Learning Institute Inc is committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, MLI requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MLI policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.

Faculty Disclosures
Planner/Presenter
Rushika Conroy, MD, MS, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Consultant/Advisor: Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (ended in 2023)

Planner/Presenter
Lily Han MD, FAAP, DABOM, DACLM, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.

Planner/Presenter
Katie Queen, MD, FAAP, DABOM, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Consultant/Advisor: Novo Nordisk, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Vivus.

All of the relevant financial relationships of individuals for this activity have been mitigated.

Planning Committee and Content/Peer Reviewers
The planners and content/peer reviewers from Medical Learning Institute Inc, the accredited provider, do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies unless listed below.

Gregory Carbonetti, PhD, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Other: Artelo Biosciences (patent payment).

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussions of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this CE activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the CE activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this CE activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this CE activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Method of Participation
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this CE activity. In order to receive credit, learners must participate in the entire CE activity, complete the post-test and activity evaluation form and your certificate of credit will be generated. A passing score of 70% or higher is needed to obtain credit. You will receive your certificate from Medical Learning Institute Inc.

For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this CE activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

If you have questions regarding your certificate, please contact MLI at [email protected].

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