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Cannabis As Medicine

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CPEU/CEU: 21

From: $145.00

Brand new! The science of cannabis as an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory supplement is a hot topic. Understanding it is a must for all RD/RDNs and CDEs. Learn about the therapeutic effects, dosage guidelines, and more from one of the nation’s foremost experts.

This course is CDR-approved for 21 CPEU for RD/RDNs and DTR/NDTRs, and CBDCE-approved for 21 CEU for CDCES’s.

$164.99
Includes CE Evaluation/Reporting Form: You will submit it online and receive your CE Certificate immediately.
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Couse Expiration Date: 11/30/26

CPEU/CEU: 21


Couse Expiration Date: 11/30/26. You have until that date to complete your CPEU Evaluation or Webinar Feedback Survey for this course.


Course Type: 720—Preapproved Self-Study Materials, Printed.

Includes CE Evaluation/Reporting Form: You will submit it online and receive your CE Certificate immediately.

Suggested Learning Level: 2

About This Course

1 in 7 adults is now using CBD, according to a 2019 Gallup poll. This means many of your clients and patients. Understanding how these substances work, and the evidence-basis underlying them, is important for medical and nutrition professionals. Cannabis has been used as a therapeutic medicine around the world for centuries, and now more states are legalizing medical cannabis. Learn everything there is to know about the plant, extraction and analysis, and the therapeutic effects and dosage. Learn the span of conditions with potential benefit from cannabis use and gain access to the latest research on treatment plans. Equip yourself with knowledge on this important topic to provide more comprehensive counseling to your patients.

Features:

  • Overview of the whole cannabis plant, various strains, extraction, and analysis
  • The therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids, terpenoids, and flavonoids
  • Research on medical conditions that will benefit most from cannabis
  • A deep dive into cannabis biochemistry and its use as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory supplement
  • Overview of the endocannabinoid system and cannabinoid receptors
  • Drug-cannabis interactions, dosage guidelines, and supplement options and considerations

Published 2019, 336 pages. See the LNCs & PIs tab for suggested learning codes.

CPEU/CEU: 21
NOTE: Couse Expiration Date: 11/30/26. You have until that date to complete your CPEU Evaluation or Webinar Feedback Survey for this course.

LNCs

Performance Indicators (PI’s)

Level 2 Suggested Learning Codes:

(1000) Professional Skills
(2000) Science of Food and Nutrition
(2010) Botanicals and Phytonutrients
(2060) Immunology
(2100) Nutritional biochemistry
(3000) Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
(3020) Assessment methodology
(3100) Supplemental nutrients, botanicals
(4040) Disease prevention
(5000) Medical Nutrition Therapy
(5120) Autoimmune diseases, arthritis, lupus
(5190) Diabetes mellitus
(5220) Gastrointestinal disorders

8.1.1 Interprets and applies evidence-based comparative standards for determining nutritional needs.
8.1.2 Applies knowledge of food and nutrition as well as the biological, physical and social sciences in practice.
8.1.5 Applies medical nutrition therapy in disease prevention and management.
8.2.2 Applies knowledge of health determinants when planning, developing and implementing services, programs, meal plans and menus.
8.3.1 Maintains the knowledge and skill to manage a variety of disease states and clinical conditions.
8.3.5 Keeps abreast of changes in practice and within practice environments that affect scope of practice.
8.3.6 Keeps abreast of current nutrition and dietetics knowledge and trends.
8.3.7 Integrates new knowledge and skills into practice.
10.2.1 Identifies and selects valid and reliable tools to conduct a comprehensive nutrition assessment.
10.2.4 Integrates foundational dietetics knowledge with critical appraisal of assessment data to diagnose nutrition problems
10.2.5 Develops nutrition prescription to communicate required food and nutrient needs.
10.2.7 Prioritizes specific nutrition problem(s).
10.2.8 Establishes the plan of care, directly addressing the nutrition diagnosis in collaboration with the patient in defining the time, frequency and duration of the intervention.
10.2.9 In collaboration with the client and interdisciplinary team (including NDTRs), selects and implements current and evidence-based nutrition interventions and patient education.
10.4.1 Collects information related to the patients use of pharmacotherapy and dietary supplements.
10.4.2 Applies knowledge of pharmacotherapy and its effect on nutrient absorption, utilization and metabolism when developing and/or revising the plan of care.
10.4.3 Evaluates, educates and counsels on the interrelationship and impact of pharmacotherapy on nutrient absorption.


			

1 review for Cannabis As Medicine

  1. Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RDN, FAND

    I am totally impressed by this book and CPE course. The exam is thorough and covers most of the highlights and important takeaways of the course. Bravo!

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Skelly Skills is a provider of continuing education for dietitians (RD/RDNs), certified diabetes care and education specialists (CDCESs), registered nurses (RNs) and diet technicians, registered (DTR/NDTR). We provide CPE, (often called CEU, CE, and CPEU) for all of these groups, and all of our courses are approved for CE by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) and the CBDCE for CDCESs. Skelly Skills receives no commercial support and does not accept advertising or sponsorship of any kind.

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