Course Overview

Global Dysbiosis: From Macrobiome to Microbiome

Explore the gut microbiome’s impact on digestion, immunity, and the brain. Learn how diet, environment, and biodiversity shape gut health, and apply evidence-based strategies to restore microbiome balance for whole-body well-being.

2024 Annual Conference

October 25-27, 2024

Required Lessons

1 lesson with pre-test, video, post-test, and evaluation

Time to Complete

50 minutes

CME Eligible*

0.75 credit(s)

Detailed Course Info

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Course Description
Intended Audience
Learning Objectives
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Accreditation/CME

Course Description

The gut microbiome plays a central role in health, influencing everything from digestion to immune function, brain health, and chronic disease. This course explores the connection between food, environment, and the gut microbiome, illustrating how global biodiversity loss parallels dysbiosis in the human body.

Participants will gain insight into the gut-brain axis and interoception, learning how microbiome imbalances affect both physiologic and emotional experiences. The session will also present evidence-based lifestyle interventions to restore microbiome health, reduce inflammation, and improve overall well-being.

By the end of this session, participants will have a practical framework for applying diet, probiotics, prebiotics, and environmental interventions to rebalance the microbiome and support whole-body health.

Accreditation

Accreditation Statements

In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.

American Osteopathic Association

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians. 

Designation Statements

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 0.75 contact hour of AOA Category 1B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity. 

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacist

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN JA0004637-9999-25-013-H01-P and will award 0.75 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognized ACPE Providers.   

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity.   

Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. HSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

Nurses

This activity provides up to 0.75 contact hours. 

Certificate of Attendance

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 0.75 hours of participation.

For questions about CME credit, please contact us at https://www.aihm.org/contact/. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and/or the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine.
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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
  • Discover the connection between food, environment, and the gut microbiome.
  • Recognize the specific effects of the gut microbiome on the gut-brain axis, informing interoception—providing emotional context for physiologic experiences.
  • Apply lifestyle changes to re-balance the microbiome.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists. 

Disclosures

Planner(s)

  • Bryan Hauf, MEd has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Speaker(s)

  • Patrick Hanaway, MD, FAAFP, FACN has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

What's included in this course?

This course includes the following:
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  • Video Recording
  • Downloadable Audio
  • Speaker Handout(s)
  • Quiz
  • Evaluation
  • Certificate of Completion
  • CME/CEUs

Course Outline

Meet Your Faculty

Patrick Hanaway, MD, FAAFP, FACN

Patrick Hanaway, MD, is a board-certified family physician trained at Washington University. Dr. Hanaway served on the executive committee for the American Board of Integrative Medicine and is past president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.

For the past 20 years, he has worked with his wife in clinical practice at Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Health Care in Asheville, NC. After 10 years as chief medical officer at Genova Diagnostics, Dr. Hanaway became the chief medical education officer at The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), where he oversaw the development and implementation of IFM’s programs worldwide. He has taught with IFM since 2005, he leads the GI Advanced Practice Module, and he continues his support of IFM as co-chair of the Expert Advisory Board.