Fuel Your Body: Transform Your Life. Using Nutrition to Optimize your Mind, Gut, Hormonal, and Sexual Health

Michelle Pearlman, MD presents "Fuel Your Body: Transform Your Life. Using Nutrition to Optimize your Mind, Gut, Hormonal, and Sexual Health" on behalf of SGNA. In this webinar recording, Michelle Pearlman, MD, will: 

1. Define Nutrition and Malnutrition: Differentiate between the concepts of nutrition, including macro and micronutrients, and malnutrition
2. Review Normal GI Structure and Function in Food Intake, Digestion, and Absorption
3. Provide an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, focusing on how each section of the GI tract contributes to nutrient breakdown and absorption. 
4. Examine the Impact of Nutrition on Sex Hormones, Sexual Health, and Wellbeing
5. Discuss the bidirectional relationship between gut health, hormone balance, and sexual well-being, highlighting how diet can improve mental health, hormonal balance, and sexual function.

Please Note: Access to the webinar recording will be provided on November 20, 2024. Upon successful completion, attendees will be awarded 1.0 contact hour (ABCGN Category 1 from now through December 20, 2024).

Continuing Education: The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation. 

Contact Hour(s):1.00

Contact Hour(s) recording expiration: November 20, 2027

SGNA is provider-approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11579. Check with your state board of nursing for acceptability of education sessions for re-licensure.

As of January 1, 2024, all SGNA webinars offered will be pre-recorded and available for viewing and/or purchase through the SGNA eLearning Center. The following outlines some of the frequently asked questions and highlights new steps in this process.

Where are the webinars hosted?

Members and non-members can access the pre-recorded webinar by signing in to their SGNA account and navigating to the eLearning Center (linked here). New webinars will be available in the “Featured Webinars” section.

Can I earn nursing contact hours for webinars?

Upon successful completion, all attendees can earn nursing contact hours.

How can I earn ABCGN Category 1 Contact Hours?

Clinical webinars that are released and available for viewing in 2024 will follow the process below for earning ABCGN category 1 contact hours. Successful Completion of this accredited continuing education activity is based on:

1) Being registered for this activity,

2) Viewing of the entire webinar within 30 days of the release date, and

3) Completion of the Evaluation. 

• Participants must register (members) or purchase (non-members) and successfully complete the webinar within 30 days of the release date to earn category 1 Contact Hour. Category 1 contact hour will be awarded through September 12, 2024.
  
• Participants will have the ability to ask questions regarding the webinar by submitting them to info@sgna.org and referencing the title of the webinar. The questions will be forwarded to the presenter. At the end of the 30 days, the submitted questions and the answers will be sent to anyone who has completed the webinar.
• Participants successfully completing the webinar within the 30 days will earn a Category 1 Contact Hour.  Successful Completion of this accredited continuing education activity is based on:

What if I am unable to complete the webinar within 30 days of its release?

If you are unable to successfully complete the webinar within the 30 days, you can still earn nursing contact hours. However, the contact hours will be ABCGN Category 5.

Successful Completion of this accredited continuing education activity is based on:

• Being registered for this activity,
• Viewing of the entire webinar, and
• Completion of the Evaluation.