Micro-credentials
Build expertise. Earn recognition. Advance your impact in obesity care.
Structured, practical pathways designed to support clinicians at every stage of practice.
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Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment
The first requirement in earning your Obesity Medicine Association micro-credential is to take the Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment course. The on-demand version of the course provides the initial 5 CME/CE required for earning your micro-credentials.
If you have attended the live Fundamentals course or completed the on-demand version within the last 2 years, you have satisfied this requirement and can move on to earning your micro-credentials!
OMA Member Pricing | $105
Non-member Pricing | $125
How to Earn Your Micro-credentials
Once you've completed the Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment course, start earning your micro-credentials!
Enroll in each micro-credential and complete the 6 CME/CE to earn the badge. Upon completion of the required courses, you will be issued a badge and a certificate.
Micro-credential Cost
OMA Member Pricing | $75 per micro-credential
Non-member Pricing | $100 per micro-credential
Apply evidence-based medication decision-making in obesity treatment.
Medication Management Micro-credential
The medication management micro-credential provides a structured, evidence-based approach to medication decision-making, safety considerations, and long-term management in contemporary obesity care.
The following courses are included (6 CME/CE):
- Anti-obesity Medications in Complex Cases
- Body Composition, AOMs and Clinician-led Care
- Challenges and Solutions in the Era of GLP-1s
- Framework for Individualizing Anti-Obesity Medication Therapy
- Pharmacotherapy for Medically Complicated Obesity: A Case-based Approach
- Safety and Efficacy of Tirzepatide for Chronic Weight Management: SURMOUNT-1 and SURMOUNT-2
Support safe, realistic movement counseling tailored to each patient.
Physical Activity Micro-credential
The physical activity micro-credential focuses on realistic, patient-centered activity counseling that accounts for mobility limitations, comorbidities, and individual readiness.
The following courses are included (6 CME/CE):
- Building the Bridge between Medicine and Fitness
- Activity for Health and Weight Loss
- Beyond the Burn - Why Physical Activity is Essential for Health
- Enhancing Conversations with Patients to Foster Exercise and an Active Life
- Muscle Safety: Addressing GLP-1 Agonist Concerns with Exercise and Nutrition
- Physical Activity in a New Era of Obesity Treatment
Build confidence in applying evidence-based nutrition strategies in obesity care.
Nutrition Therapy Micro-credential
The nutrition micro-credential helps clinicians confidently evaluate dietary approaches, discussion nutrition options with patients, and apply practice nutrition concepts in real-world clinical settings.
The following courses are included (6 CME/CE):
- An Overview of Non-nutritive Sweeteners and Their Role in Obesity
- Dietary Interventions for Obesity with and without GLP-1s
- Efficacy and Safety of Intermittent Fasting in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome, Pre-diabetes, and T2DM
- Meal Replacements and Very Low-calorie Diets
- Selecting a Nutrition Plan: A Case-based Discussion
- What's on the Menu?
Strengthen your approach to behavior change and patient engagement.
Behavioral Modification Micro-credential
The behavioral modification micro-credential equips clinicians with practice strategies to support behavior change, improve patient communication, and recognize when additional behavioral support is needed.
The following courses are included (6 CME/CE):
- Emotional Brain Training: Treat the Stress Response for Lasting Weight Loss
- Hunger, Satiety, and Mental Health: A Complex Dance
- Power of Building Psychological Resilience in Weight Management
- There's HOPE: An Actionable, Trauma-informed Care Approach to Obesity Care
Support informed referral and coordinated care for surgical obesity treatment.
Surgical Interventions Micro-credential
The surgical interventions micro-credential focuses on identifying appropriate candidates, understanding surgical options, and supporting patients across the surgical care continuum.
The following courses are included (6 CME/CE):
- Advances in Post-bariatric Surgery Patient Management
- Bariatric Surgery as a Treatment for Diabetes
- Don't Miss the Clues! Advanced Bariatric Nutrition and the MBS Patient
- Endobariatrics: Current Practice & Emerging Applications
- The Intersection of Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Medicine and Beyond
- We All Win: Combining Med-Surg Obesity Care
Frequently Asked Questions
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OMA micro-credentials are focused professional learning pathways offered through the OMA Academy designed to build competency in specific clinical areas of obesity medicine. Each micro-credential consists of curated courses and learning activities that target a specialty topic within obesity care.
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Micro-credentials are designed for clinicians (e.g., physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals) seeking to deepen expertise in targeted areas of obesity treatment and clinical practice.
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Unlike standalone courses, micro-credentials bundle multiple educational components into a themed learning pathway. They are skill-focused and intended to demonstrate competency in specific clinical practice domains.
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Earning a micro-credential helps clinicians enhance their specialized knowledge, improve patient care practices in obesity medicine, and signal commitment to evidence-based treatment approaches in varying areas of practice.
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To earn a micro-credential badge, learners must complete:
- The Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment course (if not already completed within 24 months)
- The designated micro-credential pathway courses for each topic area
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The Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment is required in order to begin earning micro-credentials. It only needs to be taken once, and then multiple micro-credentials may be earned. If a clinician has completed the Fundamentals course within the past 24 months before pursuing a micro-credential, it does not have to be retaken.
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Once the Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment course and all required coursework within a micro-credential pathway are completed in the OMA Academy, the corresponding micro-credential badge is awarded to the learner.
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Yes. The following CME/CE may be earned upon completion of the course work:
- Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment On-demand course - 5 CME/CE
- Behavioral Modification Micro-credentials - 6 CME/CE
- Nutrition Therapy Micro-credential - 6 CME/CE
- Physical Activity Micro-credential - 6 CME/CE
- Medication Management Micro-credential - 6 CME/CE
- Surgical Interventions Micro-credential - 6 CME/CE
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Fundamentals of Obesity Treatment On-demand Course
- OMA Member Pricing | $105
- Non-member Pricing | $125
Micro-credential Pathway
- OMA Member Pricing | $75
- Non-member Pricing | $100
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For assistance with OMA micro-credentials and general inquiries regarding the OMA Academy or membership to the OMA, please reach out to Member Services at info@obesitymedicine.org.
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