Update on Integrative Practice and Functional Nutrition - 2024
Webcast
15 Contact Hour ...OVERVIEW
Update on Integrative Practice and Functional Nutrition - 2024 is organized by University Learning Systems (ULS).
Term of Approval is from 07/29/2024 to 07/31/2027
TOPIC 1: What is Integrative and Lifestyle Practice
1. Discuss the components and principles of integrative practice.
2. Describe manipulative clinical practice.
3. List the various components of precision treatment.
4. Review how to implement lifestyle changes for your patients.
TOPIC 2: Functional Nutrition and Herbal Therapy
1. Describe clinical nutrition.
2. Review biochemical pathways in fatty acids and neurotransmitters .
3. Review Herbal therapy components.
4. List components of food and their healing components.
5. List what to take out of the diet that leads to disease.
6. Describe the important components of the GI tract.
7. Determine the best mix of pro and anti-inflammatory foods should be in a diet.
8. Identify foods that cause oxidative stress and contain antioxidants.
TOPIC 3: Detoxication
1. Describe phase 1,2, and 3 detoxifications
2. Review the importance of gallbladder and liver.
3. Describe herbal remedies that detoxify the liver, gallbladder, and GI tract.
TOPIC 4: The Process of Inflammation and Pain Review
1. Review the immune system-inflammation response.
2. Identify the role of the endocrine-nervous and immune system axis.
3. List the mediators of pain. 4. Describe the 5 inflammatory mediators.
4. Discuss how inflammation is important in the initial immune response.
5. Discuss the role of the GI tract in inflammation and pain.
6. Review substance P and other components that cause pain.
7. List the laboratory tests are inflammatory markers.
TOPIC 5 Therapies for Inflammation And Pain
1. Identify pathways of inflammation and oxidative stress and products that may help them.
2. Determine the best mix of anti-inflammatory foods should be in a diet.
3. Discuss lifestyle changes that need to be made in inflammation and pain.
TOPIC 6: Integrative Therapies for health and sleep management
1. List biochemical components of sleep.
2. Discuss the role of lifestyle in sleep, pain, anxiety, and depression.
3. Describe sleep hygiene.
4. Identify natural sleep and brain health aids.
TOPIC 7: Systems thinking: Treating Inflammatory conditions
1. List how to incorporate integrative strategies into your practice.
2. Identify the systems approach when treating inflammatory conditions and pain.
3. Review alternative treatments for pain and inflammation.
TOPIC 8: Review Inflammatory Conditions:
1. Review Long-COVID, inflammation symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
2. Review Diabetes, inflammation symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
3. Review cardiovascular disease symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
4. Review autoimmune disease symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
PHARMACISTS :University Learning Systems is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. These programs are accredited for pharmacists. This program provides 15 hours over 3 days of ACPE live credit.
Session 1 50741-0000-24-019-H01-P Knowledge
Session 2 50741-0000-24-020-H01-P Knowledge
Session 3 50741-0000-24-021-H01-P Application
CHIROPRACTORS: This program is approved for 15 hours of New York State chiropractic credit by the Frank J. Nicchi School of Continuing Education at Northeast College of Health Sciences.
DIPLOMATE OF NUTRITION: This program is approved for 15 hours of credit by the American Clinical Board of Nutrition (ACBN).
NURSE PRACTITIONERS/ NURSES: This course provides 15 contact hours (1.5 CEU) over three days, 5 hours per day, to fulfill the pharmacotherapeutics/ pharmacology requirements for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Category 1 Continuing Education Hours for certification renewal. The same hours submitted to renew certification may be submitted to a State Board of Nursing for re-licensure. American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts formally approved continuing education sponsored by organizations accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
PHYSICIANS: The AAFP has reviewed Update on Integrative Medicine and Functional Nutrition and deemed it acceptable for up to 13.75 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 07/29/2024 to 07/31/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1. CME programs approved by the AAFP are eligible for Category 2 credit (or Category 1-A under special circumstances) through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS: American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Prescribed credit from AAFP. Physician assistants may report the number of hours stated above of Category I credit for completing this program.
CONSULTANT PHARMACISTS: Some consultant pharmacist boards accept University Learning Systems courses for recertification either as is or with board approval. Please contact your board regarding course approval and ULS with any questions.
CANADIAN PHARMACISTS: Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) accepts courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This credit is applicable to health professionals who may require pharmacology credit.
CANADIAN PHYSICIANS: Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive up to 15 MAINPRO-M1 credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Contact your respective board regarding approval
TARGET AUDIENCE
PhysicianNursingPharmacistPhysician AssistantFamily PhysiciansHealthcare ProfessionalsIntegrative Medicine PhysiciansNutritionistsNursesNurse PractitionersSPECIALITIES
NutritionFunctional MedicineFamily MedicineIntegrative MedicinePharmacy and Medicine
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