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Update on Integrative Practice and Functional Nutrition

FormatSelf-paced onlineRecordedJuly 29, 2024AccessAvailable now
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About this course

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Explore integrative medicine principles, functional nutrition, herbal therapy, detox strategies, inflammation and pain management, sleep health, and chronic disease care—combining lifestyle, diet, and alternative therapies for optimal wellness

Educational information

Designed for meaningful, practical learning.

Sessions

Session
Inflammation and Pain Review , Integrative Therapies for Health and Sleep Management (Topics 4-6)

Monday, July 29, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Lynn Lafferty Credit hours: 5 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-24-020-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. TOPIC 1 THE PROCESS OF INFLAMMATION AND PAIN REVIEW:
  2. Review the immune system-inflammation response.
  3. Identify the role of the endocrine-nervous and immune system axis.
  4. List the mediators of pain.
  5. Describe the 5 inflammatory mediators.
  6. Discuss how inflammation is important in the initial immune response.
  7. Discuss the role of the GI tract in inflammation and pain.
  8. Review substance P and other components that cause pain.
  9. List the laboratory tests that are inflammatory markers.
  10. TOPIC 2 THERAPIES FOR INFLAMMATION AND PAIN:
  11. Identify pathways of inflammation and oxidative stress and products that may help them.
  12. Determine the best mix of anti-inflammatory foods should be in a diet.
  13. Discuss lifestyle changes that need to be made in inflammation and pain.
  14. TOPIC 3: INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES FOR HEALTH AND SLEEP MANAGEMENT:
  15. List biochemical components of sleep.
  16. Identify natural sleep and brain health aids.
  17. Discuss the role of lifestyle in sleep, pain, anxiety, and depression.
  18. Describe sleep hygiene.
Integrative Clinical Practice, Functional Nutrition and Detoxification

Monday, July 29, 2024

Speaker: Dr. Lynn Lafferty Credit hours: 5 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-24-019-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. TOPIC 1 WHAT IS INTEGRATIVE AND LIFESTYLE PRACTICE:
  2. Discuss the components and principles of integrative practice.
  3. Describe manipulative clinical practice.
  4. List the various components of precision treatment.
  5. Review how to implement lifestyle changes for your patients.
  6. TOPIC 2: FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION AND HERBAL THERAPY:
  7. Describe clinical nutrition.
  8. Review biochemical pathways in fatty acids and neurotransmitters .
  9. Review Herbal therapy components.
  10. List components of food and their healing components.
  11. List what to take out of the diet that leads to disease.
  12. Describe the important components of the GI tract.
  13. Determine the best mix of pro and anti-inflammatory foods should be in a diet.
  14. Identify foods that cause oxidative stress and contain antioxidants.
  15. TOPIC 3 DETOXICATION:
  16. Describe phase 1,2, and 3 detoxifications
  17. Review the importance of gallbladder and liver.
  18. Describe herbal remedies that detoxify the liver, gallbladder, and GI tract.
Systemic Thinking: Case Based Approach to Treating Difficult Conditions (Topic 7), REVIEW INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS (Topic 8)

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Speaker: Dr. John DeLuca Credit hours: 5 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-24-021-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. TOPIC 1: SYSTEMS THINKING: TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS:
  2. List how to incorporate integrative strategies into your practice.
  3. Identify the systems approach when treating inflammatory conditions and pain.
  4. Review alternative treatments for pain and inflammation.
  5. TOPIC 2: REVIEW INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS:
  6. Review Long-COVID, inflammation symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
  7. Review Diabetes, inflammation symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
  8. Review cardiovascular disease symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.
  9. Review auto-immune disease symptoms, intake and resolution and know what to recognize and when to refer when not within scope.

Faculty

Dr. Lynn Lafferty

Dr. Lynn Lafferty, PharmD, ND, MBA, DACBN, MH

Clinical Faculty

A University Learning Systems faculty member teaching integrative clinical practice and functional nutrition.

Dr. John DeLuca

Dr. John DeLuca, MD, DC, MS

Clinical Faculty

A University Learning Systems faculty member teaching integrative clinical practice and functional nutrition.

Accreditation

Target audience

Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses

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 all pharmacists.
  • This course provides 15 hours or 1.5 CEUs.
  • Credit for this course expires on July 29, 2027.

NURSES

  • This course provides 15 hours (1.5 CEU)
  • University Learning Systems is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11409, and CE Broker Tracking #50-11357:
  • University Learning Systems is approved by CE Broker for Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, New Mexico, and West Virginia, Boards of Nursing. 
  • The same hours submitted to renew NP certification may be submitted to a State Board of Nursing for re-licensure.

OTHER PROFESSIONS

  • 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). 

  • 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 healthcare professionals should confirm acceptance and reporting requirements with their licensing or certification board

Requirements and reporting

  • University Learning Systems reports pharmacy credit through CPE Monitor using the participant’s eNABPID number and date of birth.
  • University Learning Systems is approved by CE Broker, for pharmacy, medicine and nursing for participating states,  Tracking #50-11357. Participant's state license number is required for reporting.
  • Credit is based on completed evaluations for registered sessions. 
  • Credit is awarded per session; partial session credit is not available, and breaks are excluded.
  • Other eligible participants receive an applicable statement of credit after completing the required documentation.

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Course fees

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