The Management of Eating Disorders in the Community

This training provides a comprehensive ‘starter pack’ of skills and resources for community clinicians working with people with eating disorders.

This training was developed alongside a webinar which can be accessed through our resource library.

This training provides relevant professional development in the area of eating disorders suitable for Medical Practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians, Psychologists and other allied health professionals.

This training can be completed at your own pace and both the eLearning training and webinar will take approximately 1 hour each to complete.

The eLearning training is a highly interactive online course that includes expert videos, role-plays, interactive exercises, quizzes, assessment tools and resources.

The webinar and eLearning training will provide you with a basic understanding of current thinking on identifying, screening and assessing individuals with eating disorders; effective strategies to support the needs of individuals with eating disorders; identifying challenges in treatment and understanding care planning and coordinating services for individuals with eating disorders.

Learning objectives

• Recognise how to identify, screen and assess individuals at risk of developing an eating disorder
• Identify effective strategies to support the needs of individuals with eating disorders
• Develop care planning and appropriate referral pathways for individuals with eating disorders

Highlights

• Introduction to eating disorders covering predisposing, precipitating and protective factors, the function of the eating disorder and stigma
• Hallmark signs and symptoms of an eating disorder identified & screening tools provided
• Assessing an individual with an eating disorder, including assessment tools and role play videos
• Weighing an individual with an eating disorder – important points to consider and a video role play
• How to externalise the eating disorder & respond to resistance
• Summary of the evidence based interventions used in the treatment of eating disorders in the community
• When to admit a patient to hospital, including resources of specific admission criteria
• How and where clinicians can access support in the community
• Videos of individuals recovered from an eating disorder explaining their journey through treatment
• Resources provided cover topics including – screening tools, assessment tools and indicators for inpatient admissions.

Every NSW Health employee is entitled to 1 free eLearning course. To find out if you are eligible please contact your local eating disorder coordinator through our support organisations page.

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