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ForwardPCMH Statewide Learning Session - June 11, 2024
Overview
The session will present best practices for comprehensive obesity care and clinical considerations for GLP-1 using adult and pediatric case studies, including the roles of dieticians, pharmacists, and lifestyle medicine.
Agenda
1:00 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. – Welcome and Overview – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
1:05 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. – Comprehensive Obesity Care: Team Roles & GLP-1 Clinical Implications & Administrative Processes – Verlyn Warrington, MD, Director, Bariatric Medicine, Guthrie Clinic
Dr. Warrington will present on innovative practices for comprehensive obesity care and clinical considerations for GLP-1 using adult and pediatric case studies, including the roles of dieticians, pharmacists, and lifestyle medicine.
1:45 – 1:55 pm – Q&A – moderated by Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
1:55 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Wrap-Up – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• Describe best practices and team roles for comprehensive obesity care
• Describe GLP-1 clinical considerations for pediatrics and adults
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Audience Disclosure slides (001)_11.pptx | 460.09 KB |
 PCMH June 2024 Statewide Session Agenda.docx | 47.26 KB |
 Obesity Treatment Agents 20240108.pdf | 234.32 KB |
| PCMH Cases in Obesity FINAL.pdf | 4.08 MB |
Program
The session will present best practices for comprehensive obesity care and clinical considerations for GLP-1 using adult and pediatric case studies, including the roles of dieticians, pharmacists, and lifestyle medicine.
Agenda
1:00 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. – Welcome and Overview – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
1:05 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. – Comprehensive Obesity Care: Team Roles & GLP-1 Clinical Implications & Administrative Processes – Verlyn Warrington, MD, Director, Bariatric Medicine, Guthrie Clinic
Dr. Warrington will present on innovative practices for comprehensive obesity care and clinical considerations for GLP-1 using adult and pediatric case studies, including the roles of dieticians, pharmacists, and lifestyle medicine.
1:45 – 1:55 pm – Q&A – moderated by Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
1:55 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Wrap-Up – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
Venue
Faculty
Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)
Verlyn Warrington, MD, Director, Bariatric Medicine, Guthrie Clinic
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance