Partner with HOPE

Why partner with HOPE

Physician-led credibility HOPE programs are authored, reviewed, and presented by frontline obesity medicine specialists and academic leaders, the clinicians whose work the field already follows.
Patient-anchored design Patient voice is built into governance rather than added as decoration. Every program is structured around the consultation, not the slide deck.
Multilingual, multi-jurisdictional execution Programs are localized for the language, culture, and accreditation framework of the markets where they are delivered.
Measured against practice change Outcomes reported against stated intent to change practice, shared decision-making uptake, cross-specialty engagement, and knowledge retention, rather than attendance metrics.

Educational grant opportunities

Programs eligible for independent educational support.

HOPE produces modular, budget-scalable CPD across formats and audiences. Funders may support a single program component or a multi-year initiative through unrestricted educational grants; all formats run on the same governance and independence model.

Rapid-response modules

Single-trial or guideline-update modules turned around quickly when new evidence lands.

National speaker tours and webinars

Live and hybrid education delivered by certified HOPE faculty across regions.

Mentorship and preceptorship bootcamps

Structured training for emerging obesity medicine specialists across disciplines.

Multi-specialty case series

Programs at the intersection of obesity and renal, cardiac, neurological, sleep, or hepatic disease.

Flagship longitudinal initiatives

Multi-year programs like The Conversation, built to compound learning across months rather than fade after an event.

Custom educational proposals

Organizations may submit educational grant inquiries aligned with HOPE's mission. HOPE independently determines whether a proposed area is appropriate, evidence-based, needs-driven, and free from promotional influence.

Examples of our work

A look inside HOPE's physician education.

HOPE builds clinical teaching tools that translate the evidence base into the language of the exam room. Below is a sample: a graphic-novel walkthrough of the Conversation Method (Ask · Listen · Summarize · Invite/Inform), the four-step framework clinicians use to reframe obesity as a treatable disease rather than a failure of willpower. Flip through the pages.

Step 1, Ask: opening the conversation with the patient's permission.

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The funding model

Unrestricted, and independent by structural design.

Independent education is funded through unrestricted educational grants, pooled across multiple funders to remove single-sponsor influence on any program. Grant-funded programs are firewalled from any commissioned work HOPE undertakes separately.

Pooled by design Multiple funders support a single program. No funder exclusivity is offered on flagship initiatives.
Class-level, unbranded content Pharmacotherapy is taught at the class level by mechanism of action. No product is named in the curriculum.
External editorial review Every program is reviewed by an external Editorial Independence Committee before launch. Funders have no editorial input.
No content conditionality No funder may condition support on the inclusion or exclusion of clinical content. Equal-weight acknowledgment across funders of a pooled program.

Compliance and accreditation

Audit-ready by default.

Every HOPE program is designed, executed, and documented in alignment with the highest standards for continuing professional development. Materials are peer-reviewed and benchmarked against guidelines from the relevant national accrediting bodies: the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the European Accreditation Council for CME, and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education in the United States. This enables multi-country accreditation where applicable.

Full disclosure statements accompany every program. Conflict-of-interest disclosures, fair-market-value documentation for faculty honoraria, and complete financial records are maintained and available for sponsor or regulatory inspection at any time.

What we measure

Indicators that map to practice change.

HOPE programs are evaluated against outcomes that matter to clinicians, patients, and the funders who support the work. Reports to sponsors are limited to aggregate, de-identified educational outcomes and program metrics. Sponsors do not receive identifiable learner data, prescribing data, patient data, or individual-level engagement data.

Belief reframing

Increase in physicians who agree obesity is a chronic disease rather than a lifestyle issue, measured following the program.

Stated intent to change practice

Self-reported intent to apply new clinical approaches in the next patient encounter, measured post-program.

Shared-decision uptake

Use of patient-anchored tools and non-weight-stigmatizing language in clinical encounters.

Dialogue frequency

Self-reported increase in obesity-related discussions during routine consultations.

Knowledge retention at 60 days

Post-program quiz performance, measuring sustained learning rather than peak-of-event recall.

Cross-specialty reach

Proportion of learners from cardiology, nephrology, family medicine, sleep medicine, and adjacent fields.

Next steps

How a partnership comes together.

01 · Submit an educational grant inquiry Tell us which format and audience you're looking to support, or describe an educational area of need. HOPE will independently assess whether the proposed area aligns with identified learner needs and its education mandate.
02 · Draft grant application HOPE returns a complete grant application within ten business days of initial scoping.
03 · Kick-off and launch Kick-off, content development, and program launch on a timeline scoped to the format, audience, and accreditation requirements of the program.

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