Working Interprofessionally for Obesity Care

This training will help you build a working knowledge for facilitating an interdisciplinary, team-based approach to obesity management.  The training presents the range of skills needed for an interdisciplinary obesity management team and six strategies to improve interdisciplinary care.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the range of skills needed for an effective interdisciplinary obesity management team.
  • Demonstrate how to improve services within the interdisciplinary team.

Target Audience:  Community Health Workers, Registered Dietitians, Public Health Nurses, and other health professionals.

Tiers and Competency Domains:  Tier 1:  Communication skills, community dimensions of practice, leadership and systems thinking skills.  Tier 2:  Communication skills, community dimensions of practice, leadership and systems thinking skills.

Duration:  ~ 30 min

Continuing Education Information:  0.5 CECH for CHES

CHES Provider number:  99036

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest

Format:  web-based, self-study

Created:  4/2018

Authors:  Dominique Henry, MEd, BS, Kelly Mach, BS, Viridiana Beltran, BS, Manny Ochoa, BS, Allison Root, MS, RD

Skill Level: Beginner
CHES Event ID#: 31697
Category 1 Credits: 0.5
Continuing Competency Credits: 0.5
Advanced Credits: 0
Level 1: No
Level 2: No
Level 3: No