Introduction
Participants are required to complete this programme within a year.
Accreditation
Assessment
Participants will need to complete a MSQ questionnaire at the end of the workshop and achieve a minimum score of 70% on the assessment questionnaire in order to qualify for a certificate of completion.
Course Design
Interactive 2-Day workshop. Utilizing case studies and group discussions for knowledge enhancement,
Learning Outcomes
- Definitions
- Epidemiology
- Measurement modalities
- Pathophysiological phenomena
- Psycho-social associations
- Aetiologies
- Congenital
- Acquired
- Dietary
- Sedentary
- Hormonal
- Iatrogenic
- Presentations of diseases
- Co-morbidities , measurements and management
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypertension
- Dyslipidaemia
- Respiratory
- Cardiomyopathy
- Fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic)
- Neurological
- Malignancies
- Gastro-intestinal
- Renal
- Rheumatic
- Dermatological
- Psychiatric
- Hormonal
- Specific medical management
- Dietary
- Exercise
- Medical management
- Surgical intervention
- Obesity in Children
- Obesity in pregnancy
- Obesity in the elderly
- Controversies
Who Should Enrol
Clinicians that have identified a need to refresh their knowledge around the management of metabolic syndrome.