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Treating metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and obesity with therapeutic carbohydrate restriction
Release date: March 4, 2020
Expiration date: March 31, 2022
Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Diet Doctor.
Target audience
This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, and dietitians engaged in the care of patients with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
Fee information
There is no fee for this educational activity.
Use the button below to access the course. When you have finished the course, the post-test, and evaluation, you’ll be redirected to Diet Doctor.
Objectives
After this course, clinicians will be able to:
- Use therapeutic carbohydrate restriction to treat patients with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
- Determine which patients will benefit from therapeutic carbohydrate restriction, what precautions should be considered, and why.
- Provide comprehensive education on beginning and sustaining therapeutic carbohydrate restriction to patients for whom it is appropriate.
- Safely adjust diabetes and blood pressure medications during the initiation and maintenance of therapeutic carbohydrate restriction.
- Monitor, evaluate, and troubleshoot patient progress while using therapeutic carbohydrate restriction.
Faculty
CEO, Diet Doctor
MD, FACC
Medical Director, Diet Doctor
Senior Writer, Diet Doctor
Writer, Diet Doctor
Course overview
Module 1: Background and definitions
Module 2: Physiological and metabolic effects of carbohydrate-restricted diets
Module 3: Initiating the intervention
Module 4: Administering therapeutic carbohydrate restriction
Module 5: Follow-up care
This course includes resources to educate patients about therapeutic carbohydrate restriction, like a sample menu, shopping list, information about target protein ranges, and much more. The course also includes materials to help clinicians safely prescribe therapeutic carbohydrate restriction to patients, including summaries of how to monitor ketones and safely de-prescribe diabetes medications.
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Joint accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Diet Doctor.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.
Dietician Continuing Education
This program offers 3.0 CPEUs for dieticians.
Disclosure of conflicts of interest
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy.
PIM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
Fee information
There is no fee for this educational activity.
Use the button below to access the course. When you have finished the course, the post-test, and evaluation, you’ll be redirected to Diet Doctor.