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This presentation will guide the clinician in the science, art and practice of dietary supplementation, and include an educational framework for provider and patient competencies for informed shared decision making about dietary supplementation.

Key principles discussed will include: bioethics of dietary supplementation, legal and regulatory perspectives, scope of practice, assumption of risk, risk benefit analysis, assessing the strength of the evidence, structure and function claims vs. medical claims, evaluating safety and efficacy, mechanism of action, routes of administration and novel delivery methods, compounded and transdermal formulas, evaluating quality/purity/identity of dietary supplements, dose escalation, sequential introduction, the need to educate patients about reasonably foreseeable side effects, clinical and biochemical monitoring, start and stop dates, medical contraindications, at-risk populations, interactions, informed consent and need for a dietary supplementation written policy, prescription writing practices, and documentation

Case studies and practice pearls that integrate these principles will enhance the participant’s understanding.