Medical Weight Loss Training Program
Description: The Medical Weight Loss Training program equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge to integrate effective and profitable weight loss solutions into their practices. Weight loss medicine remains in high demand, offering significant financial potential. This comprehensive course covers FDA-approved pharmaceutical protocols, hormonal treatments, bariatric methods, and other effective weight loss strategies tailored to individual patient needs and health conditions. Participants will also learn about adjunctive procedures like MIC injections, Vitamin B-12, and off-label weight loss prescriptions.
With the weight loss industry valued at nearly $58 billion, including major players like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, this course provides a deep dive into the diet industry, exploring how different methods work, their contraindications, and the complexities of creating a successful weight loss program. Empire Medical Training simplifies this process by providing all necessary patient workups, consultation forms, and protocols digitally. Attendees will gain insights into how to combine various weight management options for maximum effectiveness, helping patients achieve significant weight loss and body shaping with minimal effort.
This 1-Day Physician Prescribed Medical Weight Loss Course enables practitioners to seamlessly integrate popular weight loss programs into their practices, offering personalized regimens and maintenance plans to ensure lasting results. The course covers pharmaceutical, hormonal, and bariatric-approved programs that are safe, effective, and proven to help patients achieve their weight loss goals. Additionally, it addresses the serious health risks associated with obesity, offering practitioners the tools to create a comprehensive care plan that supports patients' long-term health and well-being.
Course Agenda:
In-Person Course Agenda:
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Registration
- 9:00 am - 10:00 am:
- Epidemiology of Obesity in the USA
- Lifestyle & Environmental factors behind the obesity epidemic
- Effects of adrenal, thyroid, and gonadal hormone imbalances on obesity
- 10:00 am - 10:15 am: Break
- 10:15 am - 11:15 am:
- hCG Diet Plan: protocols, contraindications, delivery methods, and compliance issues
- MIC Injections, Vitamin B-12, meal replacements, and other supplements
- Exercise and Weight Loss Compliance
- 11:15 am - 12:30 pm:
- Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X) and Hypothyroidism
- Diagnosing, Testing, and Treatment protocols for prescribing
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)
- 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm:
- Medical Weight Loss Patient: Pre-existing conditions, Pharmacologics, and drug interactions
- Customizing a Personal Weight Loss Plan for at-risk patients
- Weight Loss Supplements: usage, interactions, precautions, Prescription, and OTC protocols
- 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Break
- 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm:
- Implementing weight loss into your practice and after-weight-loss maintenance programs
- Insurance, Testing, Follow-up, and special considerations
- Starting up your weight loss practice and integrating it into your existing patients and community
LIVE Virtual Course Agenda:
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Registration
- 9:00 am - 10:00 am:
- Epidemiology of Obesity in the USA
- Lifestyle & Environmental factors behind the obesity epidemic
- Effects of adrenal, thyroid, and gonadal hormone imbalances on obesity
- 10:00 am - 10:15 am: Break
- 10:15 am - 11:15 am:
- hCG Diet Plan: protocols, contraindications, delivery methods, and compliance issues
- MIC Injections, Vitamin B-12, meal replacements, and other supplements
- Exercise and Weight Loss Compliance
- 11:15 am - 12:30 pm:
- Metabolic Syndrome (Syndrome X) and Hypothyroidism
- Diagnosing, Testing, and Treatment protocols for prescribing
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)
- 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm:
- Medical Weight Loss Patient: Pre-existing conditions, Pharmacologics, and drug interactions
- Customizing a Personal Weight Loss Plan for at-risk patients
- Weight Loss Supplements: usage, interactions, precautions, Prescription, and OTC protocols
- 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Break
- 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm:
- Implementing weight loss into your practice and after-weight-loss maintenance programs
- Insurance, Testing, Follow-up, and special considerations
- Starting up your weight loss practice and integrating it into your existing patients and community