Advances in Diabetes and Obesity Management 2023

Friday, August 25, 2023, 7:30 AM - Saturday, August 26, 2023, 10:00 AM, Courtyard by Marriott, Iowa city, IA

This 1.5 day activity is designed to increase the learners' ability to recognize the progress made in understanding of disease process, therapy and testing for diabetes, obesity, and its complications. It aims to discuss strategy to maximize benefits and minimize harms of new therapy and diagnostics for obesity, diabetes, and its complications.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (9.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (9.00 hours), CDR CPEU (9.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (9.00 hours)

1. Discuss diverse dietary interventions for the management of obesity
2. Discuss the indications for use of CGM and describe the various type of CGMs
3. Describe the various types of and discuss how to calculate insulin dose and make adjustments
4. Identify the tools in bariatric endoscopy currently available for management of obesity”
5. Describe automated insulin delivery functionality in currently available insulin pumps
6. Discuss nutrition recommendations and discussions for people living with diabetes
7. Implement strategies to reduce clinical inertia in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes.
8. Explore unequal burdens of obesity in our society for racialized populations
9. Discuss efficacy and mechanisms of recently developed and current investigative therapies for diabetes and obesity, with a perspective on emerging theories of weight and metabolism control

In support of improving patient care, the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 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.

 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.