3. Submit evaluation & post-test.
4. Print your certificate.
Course Materials:
GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Obesity has become the problem about which it's okay to laugh, sneer, psychoanalyze or moralize. Unlike most other serious medical problems for which surgery is required, the surgical treatment of morbid obesity requires a pre-surgical psychological evaluation. For these reasons it behooves the practitioner to be aware of the evidence-based data about the problem of obesity and its psychological correlates in order to design evaluations which are helpful to the patient and do not further compromise his self-esteem.
This is an intermediate level course which will educate the practitioner about the evaluations which are most useful for the candidate for bariatric surgery. Eight articles are provided to cover the subject. The first set of materials present facts and fictions about morbid obesity and weight loss surgery. The second set of materials reviews the different surgical options for the treatment of serious obesity. These options are illustrated on video in the Resources, References and Updates article. The third set of materials provides tips for designing the ideal presurgical evaluation. Finally, resources, references and updates are outlined in the last article.
For a related online course on Obesity: Discovering and Treating the Thin Within for 12 CE credits, click here.
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
Differentiate three kinds of bariatric surgery
Design a clinically useful and respectful psychological evaluation which itemizes both the strengths of the patient as well as his challenges.
Note the current eligibility requirements for the surgical options
Summarize the recent literature on the psychological correlates and prognostic indicators of serious obesity
Course Syllabus:
Introduction
Surgical Treatment of Obesity: Facts and Fiction
Rationale for the Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Types of Surgical Procedures to Combat Obesity
Laparoscopic V Band or Vertical Gastroplasty
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass with Roux en Y
Laparoscopic Placement of the LapBand™
Eligibility Criteria for Surgical Options
Pre-surgical Evaluation
Tools and Tests
Ethics of Assessment
Conflict of Interest
Scope of Practice
Resources, References, and Updates for Clinicians and Patients
Obesity has become the problem about which it's okay to laugh, sneer, psychoanalyze or moralize. Unlike most other serious medical problems for which surgery is required, the surgical treatment of morbid obesity requires a pre-surgical psychological evaluation. For these reasons it behooves the practitioner to be aware of the evidence-based data about the problem of obesity and its psychological correlates in order to design evaluations which are helpful to the patient and do not further compromise his self-esteem.
