2-Day Health Professional Training

If Not Dieting® Health Professional 2-Day Training

The Person Centred Approach to Healthy Weight Management: helping people achieve and maintain a healthy weight

Presented by Dr Rick Kausman

About Dr Rick Kausman

Dr Rick Kausman is a medical doctor who is recognised as the Australian pioneer of the person-centred approach to healthy weight management.  Rick has written two books including the award-winning 'If Not Dieting, Then What?', he is the creator of a number of other resources, and has had several articles on healthy weight management published in peer-reviewed journals.  Dr Rick has been the Chairperson of Body Image and Health Inc. for 3 years, and a board member for 12, and an Executive Council member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity for 9 years. He is currently a Fellow of the Australian College of Psychological Medicine, a Lifelong Fellow of the Obesity Prevention and Treatment Society, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Butterfly Foundation, and an honorary lecturer at Monash University, Department of Medicine and Deakin University, Department of Dietetics.

The Training Program

The If not dieting health professional training program assists Dietitians, Psychologists, Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers, and other Allied Health Professionals, to effectively help patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

Not only does this exciting workshop draw from the most current world research in the field of weight management and eating behaviour, but incorporates Dr Rick Kausman's 20 plus years of practical and unique experience in this field, and importantly, from the experiences of thousands of his patients. The content of the training program also has input from other members of the 'If not dieting' team including psychologists, dietitians, a social worker, nurse and physiotherapist.
 
The training program is full of practical information, delivered through a mixture of formats including a number of eating awareness activities.  There will be plenty of time for discussion, and importantly, many patient quotes and stories to help participants to get a strong sense of how our patients and clients are feeling about this health issue, in order to support them make long term sustainable change.  Each participant will also receive the 2010 ifnotdieting training manual containing important references and copies of key journal articles.

Accreditations and Endorsements

This 2-day training program is accredited by:

·         The Royal Australian College of General Practice (RACGP): Active Learning Module, 40 Category 1 points.

·         The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM): National, 12 PDP.

·         Kinect Australia: 3 Professional Development Points

·         Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA): 16 PDP

A certificate of attendance will be provided so practitioners can apply for CPE points from other relevant professional bodies.

Recommended Reading
To enhance your experience at the workshop, Dr Rick's book 'If not dieting, then what?' is recommended reading prior to attending.

Areas Covered over the Two Days include:

DAY ONE

Part 1 – The Lay of the Land

The current situation relating to weight issues in our society. We take a look at the history and evolution of weight issues, whilst taking a refreshing and meaningful look at the culture in which we live and how challenging this is to helping support people make change.  The facts about dieting and the physical and emotional health risks that dieting is known to create are explored.

Part 2 – Key Concepts Underpinning the 'Person-centered Approach'

·         What is a healthy weight and how to determine this

·         The importance of the language we use when talking about weight

·         How closely does BMI measure health?

·         Setting the scene for the first consultation

Part 3 – The First Consultation & Non-Hungry Eating®

·         The first visit/consultation

·         The importance of listening

·         Should we weigh our patients?

·         Non-hungry eating

·         How to use intuition in combination with our nutritional knowledge to achieve and maintain a healthy weight

DAY TWO

Part 4 – Achieving Healthy Weight Management

In these sessions we look at how to help our patients put the key pieces of their healthy weight management puzzle together. This includes key areas like:

·         More about non-hungry eating

·         Decreasing guilt around food

·         Slowing down the speed of eating

·         Differentiating between what is normal eating from the muddle people often get in around food rules

·         Protection from the seduction of weight loss dieting

·         Body image

·         Increasing physical activity in an enjoyable and sustainable way

·         The importance of nurturing

·         Measuring progress and changes in behaviour

Fee includes: ifnotdieting health professional training program, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, ifnotdieting health professional training manual, and some other surprises!

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