Course Instructions

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Body Compartments

Body Composition Evaluation

BIA Method Comparison

Uses

BIA Testing

Troubleshooting

Interpretation

Notes on Obesity

Phase Angle

Trending Information

Case Studies

Reimbursement

Resources

Appendices

Post-Test

 

This course is sponsored by Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for 3 credit hours continuing
professional education.

Please note that there are additional links throughout the course and in the resources sections that refer to websites outside hi-r-ed.org.

 
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BIA Course Instructions
If you are a returning user and want to go directly to the Post-Test, click here-- 
Welcome to the “On-Line BIA Workshop” presented by Hi-R-Ed and sponsored by Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  We hope you will find this workshop a valuable learning experience to enhance your clinical skills. We anticipate that it will take you approximately three hours to complete the course. You are welcome to sign on several times to complete the process as needed.  Please use the same user name and password each time you visit.

Approvals:

This course is approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) for three (3) clock hours of continuing education credit. Approval number on file with both Hi-R-Ed Online University and the Commission for Case Manager Certification as directed by CCMC.

 

Hi-R-Ed Online University, provider #1091, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Hi-R-Ed Online University maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 2/28/13 - 2/28/16. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers participating in this course will receive one (1) clinical continuing education clock hours.

 

Hi-R-Ed Online University is approved as a continuing education provider for nurses with the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider # CEP 13804). This course is approved for one (1) continuing education credit hour.

 

Hi-R-Ed Online University is an approved provider as registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), of the American Dietetic Association (provider # NU003).This course is approved for dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered for one continuing education contact hour.
  

How the “On-Line Course-Taking” Process Works

Assumptions

This course assumes you have a working knowledge of body composition, at least as far as understanding the compartmentalization of lean and fat tissues. Because you are expected to have a baseline understanding of body composition as mentioned above, this course qualifies as Category II CPE.
If you are a dietitian or a dietetic technician, registered through the American Dietetic Association (ADA), you are eligible to apply for three continuing professional education (CPE) units toward the maintenance of your registration upon successful completion of the course. At the end of the course, click on the "Take the Post-Test" button, take the test, and submit it for grading. Your test will be graded immediately and a printable CEU certificate presented to you.
  

Features

For each table that shows weights in pounds and height in inches there is a link you can click to see the table in metric measures.  If you experience trouble with this feature, please be assured that the information you need to complete the post-test is within the written text.
If you own or otherwise have access to a BIA machine, you may want to try it out on a friend or other friendly and willing person before you apply it to your clinical practice. During your trial period of using this technology, feel free to email any questions to the author Sheila Vogan, Continuing Education Director at Hi-R-Ed Online University .
  

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course you should be able to do the following things:

  1.  List criterion (gold standard) measures for body compartments that are used in the development of predictive equations.

  2. Discuss the validity and precision of BIA measures in relation to criterion methods.

  3. Differentiate between linear and exponential equations used to predict body compartment volumes.

  4. Discuss the limitations of body composition evaluation by tetrapolar BIA.

  5. Discuss the uses of body composition evaluation in a clinical setting.

  6. Describe a multi-compartment body composition model.

  7. Discuss the physiologic basis for body compartment increases and decreases.

  8. Interpret a standard three-compartment body composition report.

***You must complete the course assessment and score 80% or better to receive Continuing Professional Education credit for this course.***

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