AAP Obesity ECHO: Practical Considerations

The Disease of Obesity: It’s Complicated

Participants will be able to:

• Review the pathophysiology of obesity.
• Discuss how increasing our understanding of the nature of the disease can increase our effectiveness in working with our patients.
• Apply the bio-socioecological model of obesity to a phenotypic characterization of patient assessment.

Patient-Centered Conversations: Mitigating Bias and Stigma

Participants will be able to:

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• Understand the impact of weight bias and stigma on patients and families.
• Understand the impact of weight bias and stigma on clinical care.
• Identify strategies to have healing conversations with patients and families about weight.

Assessment and Evaluation Frameworks

Participants will be able to:

• Apply a socioecological framework to patient assessment and evaluation.
• Recognize modifiable internal and external factors that drive obesity.
• Incorporate the patient and family context into assessment and evaluation.

Assessment and Evaluation Cases

Participants will be able to:

• Apply a wholistic approach to assessing a pediatric patient with obesity.
• Apply an appropriate evaluation of the most common comorbidities associated with obesity.
• Identify comorbidity risks and conditions in a pediatric patient with obesity.

Spirit of Motivation Interviewing: Patient and Family Centeredness

Participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between cultural competency and cultural humility.
• Identify how the principles of cultural humility apply to obesity care.
• Apply the spirit of motivational interviewing to families culturally different from your own.
• Appreciate how motivational interviewing increases patient/family activation.

Nutrition Counseling for Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity

Participants will be able to:

• Discuss the dietary management of pediatric overweight and obesity.
• Describe nutrition resources available for use in a primary care setting.

Eating Behaviors and Our Relationship with Food: A spectrum of eating behaviors

Participants will be able to:

• Describe different types of disordered eating frequently seen in children and adolescents with obesity.
• Differentiate between disordered eating and eating disorders in children and adolescents with obesity.
• Recognize the role that weight bias and stigma play in not identifying disordered eating in children and adolescents with obesity.
• Identify the role the healthcare provider plays in prevention of obesity and eating disorders.
• Recognize when to refer to behavioral health and/or eating disorder specialists for continued treatment.
• Explain how to screen for eating disorders in children and adolescents with obesity.

Psychological Evaluation in Medical Clinics

Participants will be able to:

• Identify screeners to identify PTSD and ADHD.
• Understand how to evaluate suicidal ideation.
• Understand executive function interventions.

Going Beyond “Eat Less, Move More”: The Role of Obesity Medication for Adolescent Obesity

Participants will be able to:

• Improve knowledge of the current AAP Guidelines for advanced treatment of pediatric and adolescent obesity with pharmacotherapy.
• Improve knowledge of the FDA approved obesity medication options for adolescents with obesity.
• Improve confidence in initiation of obesity medication through Case-Based Learning. 

Treatment in the Real World: Cases

Participants will be able to:

• Apply treatment principles to real patient cases.

Billing, Coding and Access to Care

Participants will be able to:

• Increase understanding around Diagnosis Code ICD-10
• Understand how to choose an E&M Level of Service
• Increase awareness of coverage of Obesity Care 

Small Wins Add Up: Holding the Hope for Your Patients

Participants will engage:

• Reflective activities to define success beyond traditional metrics
• Peer-to-peer sharing of cases that demonstrate impactful outcomes
• Discussion on the clinical, behavioral, and social factors that contributed to these successes.