Redefining Care: Confronting Stigma, Equipment Gaps, and Lived Experiences in Bariatric Hospitalisation
Earn While You Learn: Continuing Education Certificate and One (1) Contact Hour Available!
Healthcare professionals have a growing opportunity to enhance care for plus sized patients. This webinar highlights practical ways to create supportive, respectful, and inclusive experiences for individuals of plus-size, helping remove barriers and strengthen equitable care for everyone.
Learning objectives:
- Discover what reasonable accommodation truly means in healthcare—and how it unlocks more equitable, dignified experiences for patients of size.
- Recognize the most common, predictable, and preventable challenges that arise when “ordinary” care falls short—and learn how to overcome them.
- Explore practical, empowering steps that strengthen safety for both patients and healthcare workers, regardless of body size.
Attendees will have the opportunity to earn One (1) Contact Hour by participating the entire session and submitting the Evaluation Form at the end of the session. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number #CEP17028.
16:00 CET
Presenters
Susan Gallagher, PhD MSN MA RN CBN CSPHP
President of BariSolutions & International Bariatric Advocate - BariSolutions
Susan Gallagher, PhD MSN MA RN CBN CSPHP is an international bariatric advocate and president of Bari Solutions, Inc supporting the National Bariatric Solutions Conference each Fall, Editor in Chief of the Journal for Bariatric Solutions, and providing leadership to BariSolutions, Inc.
Jimbo Varnum, DHA(c), MBA, RRT-NPS-ACCS, CSPHA
Board of Directors at the Association Safe Patient Handling Professionals & CEO at BariSolutions - BariSolutions
Jimbo Varnum, DHA(c), MBA, RRT-NPS-ACCS, CSPHA is a respiratory professional, bariatric advocate, and certified in safe patient handling. He serves on the board of directors at the Association Safe Patient Handling Professionals, CEO at BariSolutions, lectures internationally, and has authored/presented over a dozen papers, and national presentations on the topic of high acuity bariatric care.
Tracey Carr
International Bariatric Advocate and Plus‑Size Model
Tracey Carr, international bariatric advocate and model who serves as a leader in sharing the lived experience of being a plus-size woman.
Ulrika Olsson
VP Global Academy - Arjo
VP Global Academy and Head of Governmental Affairs at Arjo.