Creating Health: Pharmacist-Led Lifestyle and Weight Management
Obesity is the symptom of the body adapting and adjusting to its current culture and environment. Medication, genetics, culture? How can we help our patients? How can we help ourselves? Dr. Kathy Campbell, a community pharmacist owner, has built a business helping patients in her community stop the biochemical chaos and lose weight. Dr. Kathy breaks down the pieces of this complete puzzle and how your pharmacy can improve your bottom line with a biochemistry-based weight management program.
Walk away with:
- A clinical understanding of the biochemical drivers of weight management (hormones, medications and nutrition).
- Critical components for implementing a cash-based lifestyle and weight management program.
- Cash services and products that complement a lifestyle and weight management program.
- Tactics for engaging in empowering and impactful conversations with patients regarding weight.
Please note, this program is no longer accredited for continuing education credits but is available for educational purposes.
Price:
Member: $379
Non-Member: $449
Please note, this specific version of the course is for pharmacy technicians. To access the version of the course for pharmacists, please click here.
Questions? Reach out to education@ncpa.org
Obesity is the symptom of the body adapting and adjusting to its current culture and environment. Medication, genetics, culture? How can we help our patients? How can we help ourselves? Dr. Kathy Campbell, a community pharmacist owner, has built a business helping patients in her community stop the biochemical chaos and lose weight. Dr. Kathy breaks down the pieces of this complete puzzle and how your pharmacy can improve your bottom line with a biochemistry-based weight management program.
Walk away with:
- A clinical understanding of the biochemical drivers of weight management (hormones, medications and nutrition).
- Critical components for implementing a cash-based lifestyle and weight management program.
- Cash services and products that complement a lifestyle and weight management program.
- Tactics for engaging in empowering and impactful conversations with patients regarding weight.
Please note, this program is no longer accredited for continuing education credits but is available for educational purposes.
Price:
Member: $379
Non-Member: $449
Please note, this specific version of the course is for pharmacy technicians. To access the version of the course for pharmacists, please click here.
Questions? Reach out to education@ncpa.org
03. Pharmacy Technician Learning Objectives
- Define health
- Discuss current challenges to health
- Define lifestyle medicine
- Describe the role of culture on disease state development
- List factors that influence and contribute to weight gain or loss
- Define therapeutic relationship
- Differentiate between macronutrients and micronutrients
- Define triage theory
- State two mechanisms for nutrient deficiency
- List common drug-induced nutrient deficiencies
- List processes that occur in the GI tract
- Describe the role of technicians in supporting supplement recommendations for patients
- Recall the role of gastric acid in digestion
- Recall the role of the gut microbiome/microbiota
- Define dysbiosis
- Recall the five Rs for a healthy gut
- Compare and contrast common diets
- Calculate net carbohydrates
- Calculate a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)
- Distinguish between exercise and movement
- Define persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Describe the role of circadian rhythms on body function
- List the three stages of generalized adaptation syndrome
- Describe the role that adverse childhood experiences can have in the development of chronic disease
- Define trauma and describe the biological impact it can have
- Identify a successful business model for offering weight management in the pharmacy
- Describe a technician's role in supporting an appointment-based consulting service in the pharmacy
04. Speaker(s)
10. Activity Learning Type
Activity Type
Instructions for Participation
Once you have purchased the program, you will have access to the materials and references. You must complete all components in sequential order. Upon successfully completing all components and passing the final assessment, you must complete the feedback survey.
Interest
- Weight Management
- Functional medicine
Target Audience
| Activities: | Type |
|---|---|
Introduction | Empty |
Welcome! | eLearning Course |
A Culture of Health | Empty |
Creating Health: A Culture of Health | eLearning Course |
A Culture of Health: Pre-Test | Assessment |
A Culture of Health | eLearning Course |
Why are we so sick? | eLearning Course |
Culture Produces Health | eLearning Course |
Biochemical Orchestration | eLearning Course |
Common Obesity Myths | eLearning Course |
The Pharmacist's Advantage | eLearning Course |
Cellular Starvation | Empty |
Creating Health: Cellular Starvation | eLearning Course |
Cellular Starvation: Pre-Test | Assessment |
Cellular Starvation | eLearning Course |
Gut Health and Functions | eLearning Course |
Food Pharmacology | Empty |
Creating Health: Food Pharmacology | eLearning Course |
Food Pharmacology: Pre-test | Assessment |
Food Pharmacology | eLearning Course |
Common Diets | eLearning Course |
Carb Counting 101 | eLearning Course |
Pharmacology | Empty |
Creating Health: Pharmacology | eLearning Course |
Pharmacology: Pre-test | Assessment |
Functional Timeline | eLearning Course |
Medical Symptom Questionnaire | eLearning Course |
Physical Measurements | eLearning Course |
Body Composition Analysis | eLearning Course |
Exercise and Movement | eLearning Course |
Laboratory Assessments | eLearning Course |
Stress Pharmacology | Empty |
Creating Health: Stress Pharmacology | eLearning Course |
Stress Pharmacology: Pre-test | Assessment |
Stress Pharmacology | eLearning Course |
Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory | eLearning Course |
General Adaptation Syndrome | eLearning Course |
Adverse Childhood Experiences | eLearning Course |
Cell Danger Response | eLearning Course |
Trauma Informed Care | eLearning Course |
Conclusion | Empty |
Partners in Health | eLearning Course |
Appointment-Based Consulting | eLearning Course |
Thank You! | eLearning Course |
Final Assessment | Empty |
Creating Health: Final Assessment | Assessment |
Resources
Creating Health - ACE Questionnaire
Creating Health - Carb Counting Worksheet
Creating Health - Functional Timeline
Creating Health - Holmes Rahe Life Stress
Creating Health - Medical Symptom Questionnaire
Creating Health - Patient Assessment Form
Creating Health - Patient Assessment Form
Creating Health Slides
Creating Health Workbook
Estimated Learning Time:
The following credits are available upon completion of these activities.
- Member Price$379.00
