MBSAQIP® Obesity Medicine Data Abstraction

MBSAQIP® Obesity Medicine

The MBSAQIP® Obesity Medicine Data Abstraction Training is a short educational course designed to train participants on accurately completing the MBSAQIP® Obesity Medicine Form within the MBSAQIP® Data Platform using standardized variable definitions. The course emphasizes the importance of consistent data abstraction to support reliable reporting, benchmarking, and quality improvement initiatives in obesity medicine and bariatric care. Learners are guided through the structure of the registry, variable definitions, medical record abstraction, and practical medication-related documentation scenarios.

The training also highlights the role of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the MBSAQIP® program in improving patient outcomes through standardized clinical data collection and multidisciplinary obesity care.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) and Obesity Medicine Data Abstractors at MBSAQIP-accredited centers with an Obesity Medicine designation.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the role of ACS and MBSAQIP® in obesity medicine quality improvement and outcomes reporting
  • Apply standardized MBSAQIP® variable definitions and criteria to accurately abstract obesity medicine data from medical records
  • Complete the MBSAQIP® Obesity Medicine Form for new and returning patients
  • Accurately document obesity medicine assessments, adiposity-based chronic conditions, laboratory values, and medication-related variables
  • Abstract complex medication scenarios, including active prescriptions, compounded medications, adverse effects, discontinuation, and treatment changes
  • Apply standardized data collection practices to support reliable benchmarking, reporting, and quality improvement initiatives

Required Hardware/Software

Compatible Browsers 

  • Windows: Microsoft Edge (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version) 
  • Mac: Safari (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version) 

Required Browser Settings 

  • Javascript: JavaScript must be enabled for published courses to work. 
  • Font Downloads: Font downloads must be enabled to see the correct fonts and characters. 

Additional Software 

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 
  • Microsoft Office® Excel and Word 

Contact 

Course summary
Course opens: 
05/18/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2026

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

Ineligible company

The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships

Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation. 

Planning Committee / Editorial Committee 

Courtney Polos (Nothing to disclose)

Colleen Fleming (Nothing to disclose)

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