Title: Addressing Malnutrition in the Community
CE credit available for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, and physicians
Total Credit Hours: 1
On-Demand Activity Start Date: September 1, 2021
On-Demand Activity Expiration Date (all CE credit must be claimed by the expiration date): October 31, 2021

FACULTY AND TOPICS
The GAO Report: How Agencies Can Do More To Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adults
Meredith Whitmire
Vice President of Matz, Blancato and Associates; Policy and Advocacy Director for the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, Washington, DC

A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Food Insecurity Based Malnutrition: Ways for Registered Dietitians Nutritionists to Effectively Treat Malnutrition Outside of the Hospital Walls
Nick Groch, RDN, LDN
Director, Nutrition Systems, Food and Nutrition Services; UChicago Medicine/Morrison Healthcare, Chicago, IL

Identifying Nutrition Risk in a Charitable Pharmacy Population
Jay Mirtallo, BS, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN, Silver Spring MD and Professor Emeritus; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

MODERATOR

Jay Mirtallo, BS, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN, Silver Spring MD and Professor Emeritus; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Format: Online as MP3 files and PDF Handouts

Lecture of the Month CE Activity Overall Goal:
This CE activity serves to promote the process of life-long learning for physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, and nurses who specialize in the sciences of clinical nutrition and metabolism.

Goal and Target Audience:
This educational activity is directed toward clinical nutrition and metabolism professionals and others who wish to update their knowledge of clinical nutrition and metabolism. By participating in this educational activity, the reader may expect to:

Acquire knowledge in the area of clinical nutrition and metabolism research

Update or confirm your understanding of appropriate clinical nutrition and metabolism practices.

Identify further learning needs as they relate to the subject matter.

Learning Objectives:

Describe details about the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on nutrition assistant services for the older adult
Identify two steps in which inpatient Registered Dietitians Nutritionists can ensure malnourished patients are screened for food insecurity and are provided with necessary resources upon discharge
State the incidence of food insecurity and malnutrition risk in an underserved community setting

Speaker Credentials and Affiliations:

Meredith Whitmire
Vice President of Matz, Blancato and Associates; Policy and Advocacy Director for the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, Washington, DC

Nick Groch, RDN, LDN
Director, Nutrition Systems, Food and Nutrition Services; UChicago Medicine/Morrison Healthcare, Chicago, IL

Jay Mirtallo, BS, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
Clinical Practice Specialist, ASPEN, Silver Spring MD and Professor Emeritus; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Requirements for Successful Completion:
To obtain CE credit for this activity, attendees must listen to the education recording, complete an online knowledge assessment for each education recording and achieve a score of 100%, and complete an online activity evaluation. All CE credit must be claimed prior to the expiration date.

Note: successfully completing the posttest is required for nurses, pharmacists, and physicians, not dietitians. Dietitians may claim credit for viewing/listening to the recording per CDR guidelines. This program is approved for RDs, RDNs and DTRs under Activity Type 175 in accordance with CDR guidelines. RDs and RDNs may claim up to 30 CPEUs under this CPE Activity Type in a recertification cycle; DTRs may claim up to 20 CPEUS. For additional information, please click here.

Pharmacists must provide their NABP e-PID and birthday (MMDD) when claiming credit to enable ASPEN to upload credit claimed to the CPE monitor. Failure to provide accurate information by the expiration date for claiming CE credit can result in an inability for the earned credit to be uploaded to the CPE monitor and thus not appear in the pharmacist’s NABP profile. Detailed information is available here: https://www.nutritioncare.org/Continuing_Education/Claim_CE_Credit/Continuing_Education_Credit/.

Accreditation Statements/Continuing Education Credit:

Nurses, Pharmacists, and Physicians

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In support of improving patient care, The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

ASPEN designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^TM per activity. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 contact hour/0.1 CEU. ACPE UAN: JA0002345-0000-21-080-H04-P

Nurses: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. ASPEN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 3970.

Dietitians: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CPEUs.

Pharmacists: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 contact hour/0.1 CEU. ACPE UAN: JA0002345-0000-21-079-H04-P

Nurses: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1 nursing contact hour. ASPEN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 3970.

Dietitians: ASPEN designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 CPEUs.

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This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Policies/Information:
Non-Commercialism: ASPEN subscribes to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. ASPEN does not provide programs that constitute advertisement or include promotional materials. ASPEN does not endorse any products.

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No commercial support was received for this on demand educational activity.

Commercial Relationships Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest (COI) of Speakers/Faculty

In relation to the topic being presented.

Nothing to disclose: Ajanta Raman, Amir Kamel, Blair Brown, Carolyn Newbertry, Chris Messenger, Christopher Konczyk, Claudia Maza, Colette LaSalle, Danielle Revoyr, Donna Barnett, Emily Pacetti, Erin Shepherd, Hanna Piper, Harlan Husted, Holly Guzman, Jaime Avila, Jane Hughes, Johnathan Voss, Jong Lee, Julianne Harcombe, Juvy Martillos-Sy, Karrie Derenski, Kristine Stewart, Kyle Hampson, Leslie Goudarzi, Michelle Miller, Neha Shah, Patricia Becker, Peter Lopez, RPenee Bellanger, Rhone Levin, Sandra Mayol-Kreiser, Sarah Cogle, Teresa Pounds, William O. San Pablo Jr., Wing Yan (Venus) Ng

ASPEN staff have no commercial relationships to disclose.

Name	Disclosures Relevant to Topic	COI	Resolved?
Meredith Whitmire	None	N/A	N/A
Nick Groch	None	N/A	N/A
Jay Mirtallo	None	N/A	N/A
Catherine Larson-Nath	Shire, member of one day medical advisory board for short bowel syndrome	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A
Katie Kelly	Coram employee, receives salary. Coram is a home care provider.	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A
Kelly Green Corkins	Abbott Nutrition, Speaker’s Bureau, honoraria	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A
Manpreet Mundi	Nestle and Fresenius Kabi, Investigator, research grants,	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A
Petrea Cober	BBraun, Baxter, Lexi-Corp, consultant, honoraria/consultant fee	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A
Todd Canada	Fresenius Kabi, speakers bureau, honoraria	All programs are planned as a committee, not the individual	N/A