PE4S218 - Personalised Weight Management (3): Surgical Interventions 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PE4S218
Module Title: Personalised Weight Management (3): Surgical Interventions
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Allied Health and Chiropractic
Faculty Sub Group: Clinical Services
Module Leader: Karl New
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100260 - healthcare science
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2021
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To enhance the knowledge and clinical skills required to effectively evaluate and treat obesity with personalised care and surgery, and to manage the post-bariatric surgery patient.

Content Summary

• Analysis of specific obesity treatment guidelines.
• Surgical approaches involved in the management of weight related disorders and evaluation of the evidence.
• Short and long-term risks associated with surgical interventions in weight management.
• The identification of patients for bariatric procedures and the role of the multi-disciplinary team.
• The critical role of the multi-disciplinary team in the management of the patient with obesity before and after bariatric surgery, including the management of post-operative nutrition and physical activity.
• The health economics of bariatric procedures and medical therapies.
• An understanding and appreciation of the need for the reversal of certain bariatric procedures. An appreciation of the health economics of bariatric procedures as well as medical therapies.

• An understanding and appreciation of the need for the reversal of certain bariatric procedures.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 100
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of surgical interventions used in the clinical treatment of obesity and application of this understanding to the personalised pre- and post-surgical care of the person living with obesity.
LO2 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the health economic evaluation of surgical and medical interventions for obesity.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Online Assessment Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1 End of Module examination related to personalised weight management using surgical interventions 60 N/A 30 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Self Reflective Assessment 1 Reflective Journal 0 600 10 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Project 1 Completion of an individual task related to personalised weight management: using surgical interventions 0 N/A 20 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 Case based scenarios and discussion forum related to personalised weight management: using surgical interventions 0 N/A 40 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1
Self Reflective Assessment 1
Project 1
Case study 1

Reading List

Bray, G., Bouchard, C. (2014) Handbook of Obesity (Two-volume set) : CRC Press

Tackling the Obesity pandemic. Insights and novel clinical strategies. Medscape March 2015 http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/837674?src=wnl_cme_revw&impID=659610

Bariatric Surgery. Treatment and Management. Medscape Feb 2015 http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/197081-treatment

Management of nutrition following bariatric surgery. British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society August 2014 http://www.bomss.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GP_Guidance-Final-version-1Oct141.pdf

Alamuddin, N., Bakizada, Z. and Wadden, T. A. (2016) ‘Management of obesity’, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 34(35), pp. 4295–4305. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.66.8806.

Bray, G.A., Frühbeck, G., Ryan, D.H. and Wilding, J.P., (2016). Management of obesity. The Lancet, 387(10031), pp.1947-1956.

Wharton, S., Lau, D.C., Vallis, M., Sharma, A.M., Biertho, L., Campbell-Scherer, D., Adamo, K., Alberga, A., Bell, R., Boulé, N. and Boyling, E., (2020). Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline. CMAJ, 192(31), pp.E875-E891.

Yumuk, V., Tsigos, C., Fried, M., Schindler, K., Busetto, L., Micic, D. and Toplak, H., (2015). Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of, O. European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults. Obes. Facts, 8, pp.402-424