POWER (Practice Guide on Obesity and Weight Management)

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POWER (Practice Guide on Obesity and Weight Management)

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Keyword(s) overweight, nutrition

Tag(s) On Demand, Practice & Quality, Obesity & Nutrition, Trainee & Early Career

POWER (Practice Guide on Obesity and Weight Management)

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Providing Value-Based Management of Patients with Obesity (POWER)

GIs are uniquely positioned to lead a care team to help patients with obesity achieve a healthy weight. The AGA Obesity Practice Guide was created to provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary process to personalize innovative obesity care for safe and effective weight management.

An important part of implementing the AGA Obesity Practice Guide is understanding how to integrate and operationalize obesity management in your practice for financial success. AGA created a series of webinars to provide guidance to help you assess your ability to participate in and implement an obesity program. Watch the following webinars.

Presentations:

AGA Solutions to Successful Obesity Program Integration (approx. 47 minutes)
Intro to the AGA Episode of Care for Obesity (approx. 29 minutes)
Incorporating Pharmaceuticals and Medication Management (approx. 37 minutes)
Incorporating Nutritional Counseling (approx. 31 minutes)
Incorporating Behavioral Consultation (approx. 28 minutes)
Lessons from a Solo GI Practitioner (approx. 28 minutes)

After you sign in, please click the "Launch" button on the top of this page to access the videos.

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Member	Non-Member
Free (Sign in to access)	N/A (For AGA members only)

If you have any questions please email the AGA Education Department.

Time to Complete: 3.5 hours

Released: Jan. 5, 2018