Obesity Assessment and Management in Children and Young People
This course has been awarded 10 CPD credits.
Overview
A training programme jointly provided by the RCPCH and Obesity Services for Children and Adolescents (OSCA) Network Group to educate paediatricians on how to identify, assess and manage obesity in children and young people.
A faculty of paediatric specialists will provide delegates with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field and will link the specific clinical scenario of obesity to the wider health lifestyle promotion tools for children and young people, such as the Healthy Child Programme and Adolescent Health Programme.
Audience
This course is aimed at senior trainee,SSASGs and newly qualified consultant paediatricians.
Programme
The two-day programme will include the key areas in the management of childhood obesity:
- care pathways between primary and secondary care (including services)
- obesity syndromes and genetics: identification and special management issues
- motivation and weight loss: assessing and enhancing motivation in obesity
- medical management: anti-obesity drugs and bariatric surgery
Plus:
- extensive delegate complex case study examination
- facilitated discussion sessions
- interactive faculty Q&A
- networking opportunities
Full programme (PDF, 251KB, 2 pages)
Course objectives
This two-day programme will provide the opportunity for delegates to :
- Discuss the assessment of causes and consequences of obesity in children and young people
- Demonstrate basic skills in interviewing children and young people and assessing motivation to change in terms of weight
- Appraise the limited therapeutic options currently available and to consider future developments for pharmacotherapy
- Understand the NICE guidance for surgical management of obesity in young people
- Define the surgical options available in young people and the indications and outcomes for these procedures
Fees
£300 RCPCH trainees and SSASGs
£350 RCPCH consultants
£400 Non-members
How to book
To book a place on this course please complete the registration form and return to the events team by post or email.
Programme Faculty
Professor Russell Viner
Professor of Adolescent Health, UCL Institute of Child Health
Professor Mitch Blair
Health Promotion Officer, RCPCH
Dr Ken Ong
MRC Group Leader and Paediatric Endocrinologist, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science Addenbrooke's Hospital
Professor Edna F Roche
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Paediatrics, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Consultant Paediatrician/Paediatric Endocrinologist
Dr Jerry K.H Wales
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Endocrinology, Sheffield Children's Hospital
Dr Billy White
Specialist Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow in Adolescent Medicine, UCL Institute of Child Health and University College London Hospital
Dr Neil Gibson
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Secretary, British Paediatric Respiratory Society
Dr Guftar Shaikh
Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow and Professor of Metabolism and Medicine
Contact
For further information please contact the events team.
