• Understanding Mental Health

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    Understanding Mental Health Impacts

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Describe common mental health concerns in obesity care as experienced by bariatric surgery patients Initiate a psychosocial assessment and the use of psychiatric medications, while understanding their impact on obesity care Describe how OARS (a motivational interviewing technique) can be used to […]

  • Postoperative Care

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    Postoperative Care

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Describe components of the OBN bariatric surgical program, the types of surgery, resulting anatomical changes and expected patient outcomes. Assess for common complications following bariatric surgery. Identify when a referral back to the BCoE is indicated.

  • Nutritional Deficiencies

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    Nutritional Deficiencies

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Describe common vitamin and mineral deficiencies before and after bariatric surgery Introduce the management of vitamin and mineral deficiencies before and after bariatric surgery Review additional long-term vitamin and mineral deficiencies after bariatric surgery

  • Co-morbidities Post Surgery

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    Managing Co-morbidities Post Surgery

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Describe anatomical and physiological changes after bariatric surgery and how this may alter medication absorption Describe medication and therapy changes for common comorbidities Describe the impact of bariatric surgery on the absorption of commonly-used medication

  • Weight Regain

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    Weight Regain

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Review adult weight trajectory Understand post surgery weight recurrence : incidence and definition Explore causes of weight recurrence Recognize predictors of weight gain

  • Obesity Medications

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    Obesity Medications Management

    Hosted by: Kingston Health Sciences Centre In this session, you will learn to: Recognize pharmacological options for obesity Understand practical considerations for prescribing obesity medications relating to bariatric surgery and for more complex cases Review future treatment options and their mechanism of action