A. Investigate the disease process of obesity .
1. Analyze the pathophysiology of obesity.
2. Discuss the standard of practice for the selected disease process.
a. Discuss the evidence-based pharmacological treatments in Illinois and how they
affect management of obesity in Chicago.
b. Discuss clinical guidelines for assessment, diagnosis, and patient education for
obesity.
c. Compare the standard practice for managing obesity in Chicago with state
(Illinois) or national practices.
3. Discuss characteristics of and resources for a patient who manages obesity well,
including access to care, treatment options, life expectancy, and outcomes.
a. Analyze disparities between management of obesity on a national and
international level.
4. Discuss three or four factors (e.g., financial resources, access to care,
insured/uninsured, Medicare/Medicaid) that contribute to a patient being able
to manage obesity.
a. Explain how a lack of the factors discussed in part 4 leads to an unmanaged
disease process.
i. Describe characteristics of a patient with obesity that is unmanaged.
B. Analyze how obesity affects patients, families, and populations in Chicago.
1. Discuss the financial costs associated with obesity for patients, families, and
populations from diagnosis to treatment.
C. Discuss how you will promote best practices for managing obesity in an acute
care hospital.
1. Discuss three strategies you could use to implement best practices for
managing obesity in the hospital.
2. Discuss an appropriate method to evaluate the implementation of each of the
strategies from part C1.
