Obesity Medicine Association Committees

Strengthen the OMA’s advocacy efforts through participation in the Obesity Care Advocacy Network (OCAN) as well as serving as a conduit to educate obesity medicine providers on critical advocacy efforts in both local (state) as well as federal venues. Read more about Advocacy work in obesity care and view recent projects overseen by the Advocacy Committee.

Grow and support the membership of the OMA by attracting those health care providers who work in combined medical and bariatric surgical centers.

Assess and revise the curriculum for trainees, develop curriculum for new programs, make content recommendations to fill identified learning gaps, and provide assessment tools to track learner’s understanding of specific education on focused on care of patients with obesity.

Review all aspects of CME activities, from disclosures to actual content, to ensure that the content is evidence-based and free of commercial influence. *Upon request, applicants are required to fill out and submit a disclosure form.

Represent the interests of the OMA regarding matters of obesity care in various diverse patient populations while promoting inclusiveness for all OMA members. Serve as subject matter experts to advise the OMA’s Board of Trustees and OMA Committees on potential educational opportunities targeted towards the unique needs of minority clinicians and patients alike.

Assist in recruiting new members to the OMA while engaging existing members of the OMA to increase membership and maintain retention. Enhance the membership experience by promoting current benefits while creating new benefits based on various member’s needs.

Increase awareness and recognition of the OMA and the field of obesity medicine. Implement projects that promote the practice of obesity medicine to medical professionals. *Committee members are expected to submit one or more blog articles to OMA during the committee term.

Further the practice of treating pediatric patients with obesity, while promoting the general health and wellness of children and adolescents. *Upon request, applicants are required to fill out and submit a disclosure form.

The duties, responsibilities and authority of the workgroup shall include the following:

• Review and update the Obesity Algorithm^® book to reflect the most relevant information in the clinical treatment of obesity
• Provide a draft of the revised Obesity Algorithm^® book for approval by the Board of Trustees
• Participate in a review and edit of new and existing Obesity Algorithm^® content
• Attend meetings
• Adhere to review timelines and objectives identified at the start of the committee term
• Speak on behalf of the committee as requested

In order to be eligible to serve in this role, members should have:

• OMA membership in good standing for the past 3 years
• Must be available to attend planning meetings and group calls
• Must be able to communicate through Basecamp, Zoom and other office applications

Workgroup members will be engaged for different time requirements throughout the year. It can be expected that May - October may be around 20 hours to review and make suggested updates to the Obesity Algorithm^®. Actual hours of engagement will very based on level of needed updates.

Several primary roles of the Education workgroup are:

• Review, recommend and participate in the selection of content and faculty for education activities including reviewing of conference proposals and sessions
• Serve as the subject matter experts to review the content within OMA products and assist in making updates as needed to products and services
• Review of grant and education partnership proposals and review of content for these grants and partnership agreements
• Overall assistance and guidance for OMA Education staff on clinical content areas and questions

The active participants in this yearlong workgroup will receive a flat $1000 yearly compensation for the work in this group. The compensation payment will be split into bi-annual payments.

In order to be eligible to serve in this role, members should have:

• OMA membership in good standing for the past 3 years
• Attended at least one annual conference in person
• Members must be able to attend the OMA conference in person
• Must be available to attend planning meetings, committee calls, and provide support for a 12-month period. This includes communication on Basecamp, Zoom and emails
• ABOM certified

Committee members will be engaged for different time requirements throughout the year. It can be expected that September - October may be around 6-8 hours a week for the month to review all submissions to the call for presentations. Actual hours of engagement will very based on educational needs and product development.