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Strategy 3: Educate Providers

Goal: Clinicians understand obesity as a disease and are able to either provide unbiased, evidence based care or refer patients to an obesity medicine specialist.

How:

• Diverse, Quality CME – Deliver integrated, multi-channel and inclusive continuing medical education ensuring obesity medicine clinicians understand and practice evidence-based obesity care. • Pathways to Expertise – Create a roadmap outlining a process supporting clinicians interested in moving from novice to expert. • NP/PA Advancement – Promote the Certificate of Advanced Education and increase the value of this Certificate. • Clinical Practice Support – Create and disseminate clinical practice statements and algorithms.

Strategy 4: Research

Goal: Validate and disseminate evidence-based research on obesity care.

How:

• Quality Measures and Outcomes – Identify, evaluate, and disseminate information on successful obesity health outcomes. • Science-Focused Content – Create opportunities to learn about and discuss the emerging science of obesity medicine. • Obesity Standards of Care – Develop obesity treatment guidelines and/or standards of care.

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