Navigating Eating Disorders for Health Care Professionals in association with Academy of Eating Disorders (USA)

CE/CME Credits Available: 6

About this course
Learning Objectives:

• To sensitise health care professionals about Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
• To enable health professionals to reflect and be aware of their biases and its impact on their patient engagement and care
• To identify signs and symptoms of disordered eating
• To be able to offer informed and appropriate care to patients as a first point of contact

This course will benefit all current and to-be health care professionals,especially:

Disordered eating and eating disorders is a pressing concern that significantly affects the Asia-Pacific populations. Approximately one in five young Asians are reported to experience disordered eating. Unfortunately, the dearth of research and knowledge of eating disorders in the region, coupled with the lack of awareness and rigid socio-cultural conditioning creates healthcare professionals (HCPs such as doctors, therapists, nutritionists, RDs, psychiatrists etc.) who harbor limited empathy and sensitivity around such presenting concerns. Due to this, the physiological and psychological impact is highly overlooked and underreported in these regions, especially South Asia.

First of its kind, ‘Navigating Eating Disorders in Healthcare Professionals’ (NEDHCP) aims to provide psychoeducation and sensitise HCPs through a South-Asian lens. It provides the latest evidence on pertinent topics that contribute to and perpetuate EDs. To be able to identify red flags, symptomologies and provide appropriate guidance as first-person contact. Early diagnosis of EDs and prompt referral to ED specialists could enable faster recovery for the populations suffering with the same. ED-sensitised HCPs are the need of this hour in our healthcare. The NEDHCP course imparts practical information and clinical skills to HCPs that they could immediately start implementing after this course.

• Module 1: introduces the course and its speakers
• Module 2: speaks about the eating behaviour spectrum, identifying the point at which eating can be termed as ‘disordered eating’ and/or moving onto a full blown eating disorders.
• Module 3: explores socio-cultural conditioning and explores weight stigma and its consequences along with practical exploratory exercises.
• Module 4: explains the effect of media culture and body image
• Module 5: touches upon nutritional considerations
• Module 6: provides recommended clinical practices

Presenters: Ishitaa Bhatia and Rhea Kishnani

Cost:

• Member: $65 USD for the series
• Non-Member: $90 USD for the series (includes 1 year AED membership)
• CE/CME: $30