5As of Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain

5As of Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain

Online Module
Accreditation

The University of British Columbia Division of Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide study credits for continuing medical education for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program (MOC) of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and has been approved by UBC CPD for up to 1.0 MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment hours (credits are automatically tripled in MAINPORT). This Assessment program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ Assessment credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.
Target Audience:

Family physicians, obstetricians, nurse practitioners, midwives, dietitians, and health care providers offering perinatal care in Canada.

Course Format: Online - available anytime, anywhere, on any device
Anytime, anywhere, on any device
UBC CPD
Online Module from Vancouver BC

Overview

Link to Online Course

This is a short online continuing medical education course designed for family physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, obstetricians, and dietitians offering antenatal care in Canada.

This course will introduce you to an office-based framework to help you discuss and manage gestational weight gain with your patients.

Agenda

This course is divided into three units:

  • Unit 1 Background and evidence on weight gain in pregnancy
  • Unit 2 Introduction to 5As of healthy gestational weight gain counselling framework
  • Unit 3 Vignettes/Case scenarios

Key Speakers

Designed in partnership by UBC CPD and Perinatal Services BC, with input from the Canadian Obesity Network.

Skills Gained

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the importance of healthy gestational weight gain;
  2. Describe the IOM guidelines and the 5As framework for healthy pregnancy weight gain;
  3. Employ the 5As of Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain framework for counselling patients about healthy pregnancy weight gain;
  4. Develop a practical approach for applying the 5As framework in a busy health care setting; and
  5. Identify and utilize resources to support the adoption of behaviours that facilitate healthy weight gain during pregnancy and the adoption of the 5As of Healthy Pregnancy Weight framework in practice.

CanMEDS-FM Roles: Communicator, health advocate, medical expert, professional, scholar, collaborator.

Cost

Free

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Contact

UBC CPD eLearning, cpd.online@ubc.ca

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