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Infectious Disease
Navigating COVID-19 in Patients with Comorbidities: Obesity
Millions of Canadians live with obesity. In this video, experts discuss how COVID-19 has affected individuals with obesity and discuss the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in this population. It also reviews NACI recommendations for the COVID-19 primary series and COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.
DURATION
15 min
PROFESSION
Physician, Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health, Medical Resident, Student, Specialist
# OF CREDITS
0
ACCREDITATION
Unaccredited
EXPIRY DATE
2024-06-28
Millions of Canadians live with obesity. In this video, experts discuss how COVID-19 has affected individuals with obesity and discuss the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in this population. It also reviews NACI recommendations for the COVID-19 primary series and COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.
Note: This expert brief was recorded on June 23rd, 2023.
This program has received funding from Moderna Biopharm Canada Inc.
Faculty
Shahebina Walji, MD, CCFP
Susie Jin, RPh, CDE, CRE
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this continuing education video, participants will be better able to:
- Describe the burden of COVID-19 on individuals with obesity
- Discuss COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in people with obesity
- Summarize NACI recommendations for the COVID-19 primary series and COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
# of credits: 0 
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15 min
Duration
Physician, Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health, Medical Resident, Student, Specialist
Profession
0
# of credits
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this continuing education video, participants will be better able to:
- Describe the burden of COVID-19 on individuals with obesity
- Discuss COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in people with obesity
- Summarize NACI
recommendations for the COVID-19 primary series and COVID-19 vaccine booster
doses
Unaccredited
ACCREDITATION
Infectious Disease
Learning Category
COVID-19
Topic
0
Price
2024-06-28
Expiry Date
CAN-eng
Region/Language
Course Description
Millions of Canadians live with obesity. In this video, experts discuss how COVID-19 has affected individuals with obesity and discuss the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in this population. It also reviews NACI recommendations for the COVID-19 primary series and COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.
Note: This expert brief was recorded on June 23rd, 2023.
This program has received funding from Moderna Biopharm Canada Inc.
Faculty
Shahebina Walji, MD, CCFP
Susie Jin, RPh, CDE, CRE
Accreditation
15 min
Duration
0
Price
0
# of credits
