GPING members ran a really vibrant and successful stand in conjunction with SCOPE/World Obesity at the recent RCGP annual conference in Glasgow, as well as running a sell-out lunchtime symposium. We appreciated the unrestricted educational sponsorship from Novo Nordisk to fund the stand and lunchtime symposium.
There was huge interest in both the educational material on display as well as in our Sit-Stand Challenge competition. Some GPs are remarkably competitive…The top score was over 50 sit-stands in just 30 seconds – Amazing!! Huge thanks to Rupy Aujla for donating two prizes – copies of his cookbook The Doctor’s Kitchen. Each day’s winner was delighted with their copy.
The Friday lunchtime symposium –Are you Fit to Tackle Multimorbidity – was also a huge success with people being turned away outside the door. My deep thanks to Paul Aveyard – updating us on brief interventions, to Carly Hughes – reviewing complex obesity management, and to Alan Skirving, a local Glasgow Tai Chi teacher who got the whole room tuning into their inner mind to explore movement and balance. Tai Chi is a social prescribing option in lots of areas nowadays that can help those patients who struggle most with physical activity and need a gentle supported introduction.
We had a very successful partnership with SCOPE/World Obesity and really appreciated their help. SCOPE have recently released two free e-learning modules of particular interest to GPs, trainees and allied healthcare workers based in primary care:
- Weight Management in Primary Care, by Charles Capper, – an excellent module that addresses lots of the common issues faced by GPs when managing obesity
- Primary Care Weight Management: Shaping the Conversation, by Dr Rachel Pryke, – which addresses fears around starting obesity discussions and explores common pitfalls where the conversation might go wrong.
You can access both at https://www.worldobesity.org/scope/e-learning/free-supplementary-modules/
We encourage everyone to find out more about SCOPE obesity training – you might want to do the full SCOPE training by completing the core modules, or you can dip into some of the free supplementary modules.
My next focus within RCGP is how we bring lifestyle advice to patients with several long-term conditions. Hence the Multimorbidity Spotlight project. If you haven’t already done the survey on your experiences of delivering chronic disease care for people with several conditions then I’d really appreciate you taking part. Thank you. https://r1.dotmailer-surveys.com/b649lxf0-0c3b5810
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