Personalized Hormone Restoration Therapy Seminar: The Fundamentals
In this educational activity, participants will appreciate the individuality and interactivity of hormone systems; learn how to appropriately test hormones and investigate symptoms; examine evidence on the risks vs. benefits, efficacy, and safety of hormone therapy; and discuss treatment approaches & hormone dosing for various hormone-related conditions.
Course description
The roles that hormones play in body physiology and pathology are intricate, complex, and multifaceted. With their critical roles in whole-body homeostatic maintenance, even the most subtle deviation in hormone levels has the potential to produce vast multi-system changes that can clinically emerge as a variety of symptoms. Additionally, there exists substantial variations in individual hormone levels required for maintaining personal set points. What may be normal for one, may be abnormal for another.
In this educational activity, participants will gain an appreciation for the individuality of hormonal systems and the need for personalized medicine tailored to an individual’s unique clinical profile. This course emphasizes a comprehensive and evidence-based approach toward medicine that involves applying empirical, clinical, and case study findings that outline the importance of addressing the underlying cause of disease. Participants will appreciate the interactivity of hormone systems; learn how to appropriately test hormones and investigate symptoms; examine evidence on the risks vs. benefits, efficacy, and safety of hormone therapy; and discuss treatment approaches & hormone dosing for various hormone-related conditions, including:
|
|
Collaborate with healthcare providers across the globe from the comfort of your home with this interactive seminar designed to provide you the practical tools you need to take your hormone care to the next level.
Bonus! By signing up to this seminar, unlock a one-year subscription, free of charge*, to the new Hormone Provider Portal, packed with all the valuable content you learn in this program and more. Created as an educational tool for you to share with physicians and other providers this portal presents educational information to support a provider's clinical decision making process when it comes to compounded hormones - including when compounding is appropriate, efficacy and safety evidence, dosing instructions, how to select a compounding base, how to write a prescription and more. All presented in an easy-to-navigate, easy to digest digital experience.
Course format
Nine-hour home study pre-read that reviews fundamental concepts in hormone systems and therapy to prepare you for the live event.
Two-day live virtual seminar (16 hours) that allows you to connect online, in real time, with healthcare providers across the globe. Interact with peers and facilitators through open mic Q&A sessions, group discussions, polls, and online chats. Practically apply your knowledge through case assessments. Leave the live event with a comprehensive manual containing references, charts, and tools that will assist with expanding your practice and optimize therapeutic outcomes for you patients.
Intended audience
Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians, naturopathic doctors, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers looking to get into or are currently engaged in bioidentical hormone therapy.
Learning objectives
Home study
Pharmacists
- Review hormones and hormone system functions.
- Describe the hormone cascade.
- Explain female and male reproductive hormone system life cycles.
- Discuss and evaluate the risks and benefits of hormone restoration therapy.
- Review adrenal system functions and dysfunctions related to chronic stress and adrenal insufficiency.
- Review thyroid system functions and dysfunctions related to hypothyroidism.
- Recognize the fundamental principles and personalized approaches of hormone restoration therapy.
Pharmacy technicians
- Review hormones and hormone system functions.
- Describe the hormone cascade.
- Discuss and evaluate the risks and benefits of hormone restoration therapy.
- Review adrenal system functions and dysfunctions related to chronic stress and adrenal insufficiency.
- Review thyroid system functions and dysfunctions related to hypothyroidism.
Live event
Pharmacists
- Evaluate and apply a unique set of rules applicable to customized hormone restoration therapy.
- Analyze physiological and biochemical features of endocrine system dysfunctions.
- Describe the hormone cascade, its neurobiological communication network, effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on the cascade, and impact on endocrine and neighboring digestive and immune systems.
- Investigate and evaluate therapeutic alternatives for specific classifications related to hormone therapy and imbalance; specifically construct formulations, which may be prescribed or used by a healthcare provider in the treatment of perimenopause, menopause, andropause, thyroid dysfunction, adrenal dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, and sexual dysfunction.
- Interpret, integrate, and evaluate comprehensive patient assessment chart data, including prior medical history, familial history, differential diagnoses, lifestyle behaviors, signs and symptoms, and laboratory test results.
- Describe and design hormone-related medication options, adjunct pharmacotherapeutics, and nutraceutical treatments that are optimal and efficacious for the individual patient.
- Recognize and evaluate the various routes of delivery, delivery systems, dosage forms, and dispensing mechanisms used in hormone therapy, adjunct therapy, nutraceutical supplementation, and specific aspects of lifestyle management; and monitor patient responses through quantitative and qualitative systematic testing.
Pharmacy technicians
- Investigate a unique set of rules that should always be applied when preparing patient-tailored hormone therapy.
- Describe the hormone cascade and how hormone networks impact the body.
- Evaluate the need for patient-tailored medications for various hormone conditions, including, perimenopause, menopause, andropause, thyroid dysfunction, adrenal dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, and sexual dysfunction.
- Recognize signs and symptoms of hormone imbalance and appreciate the need for diagnostic tests in carefully evaluating hormonal imbalance and adjusting hormone therapy accordingly.
- Recognize and evaluate the various routes of delivery, delivery systems, dosage forms, and dispensing mechanisms used in hormone therapy, adjunct therapy, nutraceutical supplementation, and specific aspects of lifestyle management; and monitor patient responses through quantitative and qualitative systematic testing.
Hardware/software requirements
We will be using Zoom for this Virtual Seminar. We recommend joining from a desktop or laptop computer - full system requirements can be found here. You can download the Zoom client here.
If you will be joining from a tablet or mobile device, check out the system requirements here. More information: Getting started on Android and iOS.
| Web browser |
|
||
|
Internet connection |
|
||
|
Misc |
|
||
|
Hardware |
Minimum | Recommended | |
| Processor | Single-core 1Ghz or higher | Dual-core 2Ghz or higher (Intel i3/i5/i7 or AMD equivalent) | |
| RAM | N/A | 4 GB | |
Testimonials
“Taking the Hormone Management course has radically changed and enhanced my pharmacy practice. I am a prescribing pharmacist and I have created positive relationships with physicians who refer their patients to me for review and recommendations on oral and transdermal preparations. I provide the physician with a report of my recommendations and also create an individualized preparation for the patient. The patient will return to my pharmacy for follow-up and possible adjustments. My network of referring physicians is growing and based on success, so are recommendations.”
David Robertson | Pharmacist, Alberta
“I have attended numerous other hormone/BHRT conferences and LP3 Network’s is by far the best I've seen. I have never seen such a well-laid-out conference with defined learning goals and a start-to-finish approach with concrete examples and working plans. I highly recommended my Naturopathic Doctor colleagues and Pharmacists to attend.”
Kim Bretz, | Naturopathic Doctor, Ontario
“After attending the seminar, I am better able to advise prescribers on routes of delivery, methods of testing and follow-up care. I am also better able to explain therapeutic options to patients, for both medical prescription products and supplements. It was also a good opportunity to network with local practitioners and to work together in groups, which was very nice!”
Robyn Seipp | Pharmacist, British Columbia
“Well put-together seminar on hormones. The facilitators approach hormones from a truly holistic perspective, incorporating natural supplements, nutraceuticals, diet, and vitamins along with hormones to achieve the best results for the patient.”
Barbara Rush | Physician, California
“Most of my patients are women going through menopause and difficult times in their lives. This program helped me understand how the entire endocrine system is involved in the process of menopause, and not just the ovaries. I am able to explain the patient's symptoms better and prescribe more efficiently. The program enhanced my knowledge of hormone compounding and made me confident to prescribe compounded HRT.”
Erica Alex | Physician, British Columbia
Financial support
This learning activity has received financial support from MEDISCA Inc. in the form of an educational grant.
Copyright
This CE Activity is Copyright © 2012-2024 LP3 Network.
*Upon completion of the Hormone Seminar registrants will receive an activation code to gain free access to the Hormone Provider Portal for a period of one (1) year following registrant's receipt of activation code, regardless of when the portal itself is first accessed. LP3 Network Inc. retains the right to modify or cancel this offering at any time and for any reason. Offering is non-transferable, non-refundable and non-redeemable for monetary value. For more information please speak to an LP3 Network representative.