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Join Dr. Hughes in an interactive seminar to discover how your clinical
outcomes can be optimized using key functional medicine tools to improve
case organization and assessment. Learn how and why to integrate
standardized body composition screenings into your clinical workup with
every patient. Dr. Hughes will introduce you to a clinically tested,
therapeutic lifestyle change program that can assist you in managing your
insulin-resistant patients with body type concerns. This seminar will give
you valuable information about monitoring your patients and identifying key
patterns of lifestyle-related concerns.
Dr. Hughes will also show you how to enhance your practice by following the case management prioritization system used by functional medicine experts, which include:
Don't miss this chance to revitalize your assessment skills and your practice! |
Clinical Takeaways
- Feel confident using the Functional Medicine Matrix in organizing your patient history and objective findings to appropriately assess the underlying causes of disease
- Learn how to screen, motivate, and track your patients' body composition with bioelectrical impedance analysis technology
- Review options for the management of detoxification, stress, gastrointestinal health, and blood sugar
- Participate in an interactive case mentorship program applying the functional medicine matrix to medical history and reviewing body composition data and key lab values
Attendees Will Receive
- The Functional Medicine Matrix model as a clinical guidance tool
- Information about modifiable lifestyle factors that affect the foundation of health
- A system to organize patient history by pathophysiology
Schedule
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Defining Our Roles as Naturopathic Physicians on the Health Care Team; Conventional, CAM, Integrative, Functional, and Lifestyle Medicine |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Organizing the Case through the Functional Medicine Matrix Model; Managing Lifestyle Concerns and Identifying Clinical Imbalances in the Functional Organizing Systems |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Using the Standardized FirstLine Therapy® System and Tools in a Naturopathic Practice to Improve Organization, Office Flow, and Staff Efficiency |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:30 | Case Management and Therapeutic Options for Managing Body Composition Issues |
*Metagenics has applied for 6.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). A $30 processing fee will apply to Chiropractors and Naturopaths. When approved, CEUs are available at no charge to LACs, RDs, DTRs, RNs, Diplomates of the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, and NANP Members (CEUs count toward NANP membership renewal only).
No Registration at the door.
Cancellation notice must be received five working days prior to the seminar to be eligible for a refund.










