CPD Credits: 2 Duration: 2 hours Access period: 30 days
The Raising the topic and discussing obesity with patients course is to support healthcare professionals to raise and discuss obesity and management options collaboratively with patients.
Professor Rachel Batterham, University College London (UCL) and RCP special adviser on obesity, has developed the course working with other experts in the field.
The learning outcomes for the course are:
To support healthcare professionals to raise and discuss obesity empathetically
To develop healthcare professionals’ understanding of the causes and determinants of obesity
To develop clinical knowledge around how, when and which management options to discuss with patients