About the Workshop
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Course Overview
The Boston Physician Medical Weight Loss Program is led by Anne Roberts, MD, a dual board-certified physician, and Yale graduate with ample experience in weight loss management. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Roberts and her experience leading one of the largest weight loss treatment centers in Springfield, MO.
In offering your patients a new standard of care, the course provides you with the tools to design and implement more streamlined weight loss programs that can be customized with practical, easy-to-follow steps. With weight loss centers becoming increasingly popular, Medical Weight Loss Training is a revenue opportunity for every aesthetic practitioner.
Course Objectives
After completing the Boston Physician Medical Weight Loss Workshop, physicians should be able to:
- Know and understand the latest weight loss programs and protocols available including:
- Diet and Weight Loss Protocols
- Schwarzbein Diet and/or modification thereto
- Various Glycemic Diets
- South Beach Diet
- Zone Diets
- Low Fat, High Protein, and other commercial diets.
- Understand how hormone imbalance affects weight gain and be able to debate the misconception about abdominal fat and stress in detail.
- Physicians will learn to evaluate and consult with an overweight patient including personalized comprehensive laboratory workups. Physicians will also learn the ins and outs of Dietary therapy and behavioral therapy.
- Understand Integrative/Stress management, new technologies, and hormone balance as well as the importance of exercise.
- New weight management exercise technologies such as IR Infrared Sauna, Power Plate, etc.
- Monitoring and Diagnostic Equipment Calorimeters, BMI, and BMR Equipment Solutions.
- Meal Planning (Internet Based).
- Learn about different available prescription drugs, as well as prescribing information and new drugs being proposed. Learn the protocols for dispensing controlled substances as well as how to safely market this service and successfully market your new Cosmetic Practice.
- Understanding the benefits/drawbacks of creating a weight loss profit center within your practice.
- ROI Analysis (Return on Investment).
- Business model for integrating into your practice or stand-alone business venture.
- Practicality of the various types of programs available for your patients.
- Leveraging your Patient File Base.
- Understand the need for retail as part of your business model for supplements, nutraceuticals, and possibly meal planning.
- Proven "Outreach" Marketing Programs.
- Include weight loss management as an adjunctive treatment to other profitable procedures such as cellulite reduction
Who the event is for?
If you are a licensed physician based in Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Newton, Waltham, Lynn, or any other nearby area in Massachusetts, this course was made for you.
Prerequisites
Participants should be licensed healthcare professionals. Please consult your local licensing board to determine eligibility for injecting on live patients.
Course Agenda
In-Person Agenda
- 8:30am-9:00am – Registration
- 9:00am-10:00am – Epidemiology of Obesity in the USA
- 10:00am-10:15am – Break
- 10:15am-11:15am – hCG Diet Plan, MIC Injections, Vitamin B-12, and Supplements
- 12:30pm-1:30pm – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:30pm-3:15pm – Customizing Personal Weight Loss Plans
- 3:15pm-3:30pm – Break
- 3:30pm-4:30pm – Implementing Weight Loss Programs in Your Practice
Live Virtual Agenda
- Follows the same structure as the in-person course.
Planning your visit
Immerse yourself in the world of Boston literature and visit the places that inspired some of the greatest works of American literature. Starting in Boston, you will visit the historic Boston Public Library, the oldest public library in the United States, and the inspiration behind the Boston Athenaeum in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The House of the Seven Gables". From there, you will travel to Concord, where you will visit the homes of renowned authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Walk in the footsteps of these literary giants and explore the landscapes that inspired their works.
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