ASMBS Annual Meeting is a unique international event focused on the basic science, clinical application, surgical intervention, and prevention of obesity.

Date of Release: The week of July, 2023

Date of Credit Release: The week of July, 2023
Program End Date:  July, 2024

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery CME Information

Target Audience

The session topics and presentations selected by the members of the Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee are intended to meet the needs of researchers and healthcare professionals who want to be updated on advances in the prevention, treatment, causes, and health consequences of obesity. This includes basic and clinical research scientists, physicians (general medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, endocrinology, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry), dietitians, psychologists, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, rehabilitation/exercise therapists, physical/occupational therapists, clinicians, nutritionists, trainees, students, social workers, policy makers and administrators with an interest in adult and childhood obesity and other allied health professionals.

Educational Objectives

• Define, discuss, and solve specific challenges in the treatment of people with obesity, obesity-related and metabolic diseases and conditions
• Describe the development and use of new techniques to achieve weight loss by surgery in obese patients
• Examine and comprehend the broad scope of patient care services
• Identify the specific needs of bariatric patients and assist in targeting their care in a coordinated multidisciplinary team effort
• Discuss strategies to help patients with failed weight loss or weight regain
• Identify creative options for patient follow up and monitoring
• Discuss multimodal approaches to the treatment of obesity.
• Identify current multimodal treatment recommendations.
• Discuss opportunities for development of preoperative and postoperative care pathways.

Accreditation statement

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery designates this enduring material for a maximum of 45.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards and the Policy of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Program Planning Committee Members, Education Committee Members, Abstract Reviewers, Abstract Authors and Co-Authors Invited Speakers, Symposium Chairs, Oral Abstract Presenters,  Session Chairs, Planning Staff and Session Chairs must disclose the existence of financial interest in or relationships with manufacturers of commercial products that may have a direct interest in the subject matter of the presentation, and/or of  relationships with the commercial supporter of the CME activity. These Speakers, Committee Members, Abstract Reviewers Chairs and Staff, do not consider that it will influence their presentation.  To obtain your speaker disclosure form, please click here.

Receiving A behavioral health CE Certificate

How to Get Your behavioral health CE Certificate:

    Go to http://asmbs.cmecertificateonline.com
    Click on the 6.25 2023 ASMBS Annual Meeting link.
    Evaluate the meeting.
    Print all pages of your certificate for your records.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Session titles that include behavioral health CE credit are:

• IH Top Oral Abstracts
• IH Keynote and Presidential Address
• Innovative and Complementary Approaches to Optimizing the Bariatric Surgery Experience
• A Paper, Person or Experience That Changed my Practice
• A Full House Win: Navigating MBS From a Multidisciplinary Lens
• Enhancing Outcomes through Support Groups
• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Supporting Patients Through Complications After Bariatric Surgery
• 7th Annual Physician Assistant (PA), Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Bariatric Surgical Symposium
• Medical Management of Obesity
• Patient and Clinical Perspectives on Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
• Transferring Momentum from Conference to Communities
• What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas : Sex, drugs, Rock and Roll
• Optimizing Micronutrient Management: From Guidelines to Practice
• Let’s Get Physical

Method of Participation and CME Certificate

ASMBS On Demand product includes approximately 45.25 hours of lectures/sessions recorded at ASMBS 2023 and offers up to 45.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for successfully completing all CME-eligible sessions of this activity. You can browse/search the content by Day, Session, Presentation or Presenter.

This product includes selected CME-eligible sessions. To view which sessions are CME-eligible, select Browse by CME Eligible. You must be online and logged in to ASMBS On Demand to claim CME credit.

To receive CME credit for this product, you must:

1. Purchase the product
2. View the CME Info (including Overall Objectives and Disclosure Information) and session-specific Learning
3. Watch the CME-eligible sessions of your choosing. You must watch all presentations in a session before completing the Post-Test.
4. Complete the Post-Test by clicking the CME Test button under the session viewing window. You must score 80% or higher on the post-test to receive credit, but you will have the opportunity to re-take questions that you missed.
5. Generate and print your CME certificate or certificate of participation.
6. CME credit must be claimed by of July 5, 2024.

Note:  You should not claim credit for an On Demand session if you claimed credit for the same session at the Live Meeting.  You must watch the entire session and complete the post-test to receive credit for the session.  You can take a test at any time after watching a session. The CME certificate generated will be cumulative and will list all sessions/tests completed.

Medium or Combination of Media Used

ASMBS on Demand is available in the following formats:

• Online access with downloadable MP3
• Drive Mobile version for most tablets and smartphones

*To complete the CME test you must be on a PC.

Hardware/Software Requirements

Please see ASMBS.OnDemand.org for the most current list of system requirements.

Provider Contact Information

For Customer Support, contact [email protected] or Toll Free: (800) 501-2303 (U.S.A. only)

Society Contact Information

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
14260 W. Newberry Road, #418
Newberry, FL  32669-2756
Phone: (353) 331-4900
Email:  [email protected]

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