Certified Obesity Medical Physician (COMP)

Domain 04: Practice Management

Communication
Personal, Community and Society Responsibilities
Health Care System

Communication

• Motivational interviewing
• Recognition and management of weight bias (e.g., personal, office staff and societal)
• Stigma/discrimination
• Parent/family/caregiver engagement
• Culturally tailored communication
• Mental health

Personal, Community and Society Responsibilities

• Advocacy (e.g., health care policy, community, individual)
• Awareness of societal cost of obesity (e.g., direct and indirect costs)
• Physician personal health behaviors (e.g., role modeling)

Health Care System

• Reimbursement and coding
• Presentation of success rates
• Office policies and protocols related to obesity care (e.g., weighing procedures and language, office environment [e.g., chairs, scales, blood pressure cuffs])
• Obesity management guidelines and recommendations
• Role of multi-disciplinary team (e.g., dietitian, psychologist, nurse case manager, exercise specialist, physical therapy)
• Communication and collaboration with primary care and other specialists involved in patient’s care
• Inpatient and outpatient medical complications, including emergencies, related to obesity
• Staff training techniques
• Cost-effectiveness of treatment options (e.g., residential programs, commercial weight loss programs, school and workplace interventions, pharmacotherapy, surgery)

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The Obesity Society

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