Hormone Mastery: A Root Cause Approach

This program provides a deep dive into functional hormone health, clinical strategies, and integrative approaches to endocrine balance across the lifespan. The curriculum is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to address root causes of hormonal imbalances, with a focus on conditions like PCOS, perimenopause, thyroid dysfunction, estrogen dominance, adrenal health, and their connections to gut, metabolic, and mental health.

Target Audience

Pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants Allied health professionals Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Clinical pharmacy, Primary Care

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the foundational principles of hormone health and the interconnected systems that influence endocrine balance across the lifespan.
  • Explore the role of nutrition, gut health, detoxification, and lifestyle interventions in addressing hormonal imbalances such as PMOS, perimenopause, estrogen dominance, and thyroid dysfunction.
  • Identify the impact of stress, sleep, and HPA axis dysfunction on adrenal health, cortisol rhythms, and overall hormonal regulation.
  • Gain strategies for assessing and supporting the gut-hormone connection, including the microbiome’s role in estrogen metabolism and systemic inflammation.
  • Apply functional and evidence-based approaches to create personalized, root-cause care plans for patients with complex hormone-related conditions.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 18.00 AANP Contact Hours

    Nurse Practitioners

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and .  AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 18.00 contact hour(s) (which includes 0.00 hour(s) of pharmacology).

  • 18.00 AAPA Category 1 CME

    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 18.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 18.00 ACPE Pharmacist

    Pharmacists
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 18.00 contact hours.

  • 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Physicians
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 18.00 ANCC Contact Hours

    Credit being awarded: 18.00 ANCC contact hours

  • 18.00 Attendance

    Credits: 18.00

  • 18.00 CDR

Course opens: 
07/01/2026
Course expires: 
07/02/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
Reviewer(s)

Leslie Edmunds

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Rebecca Lakofsky, BSN, RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Hannah Moore

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Megan Morrison, PharmD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker, Instructor, Faculty(s)

Melody Hartzler, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, ABAAHP

has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Designs for Health;.
has a financial relationship (Speaker) with Abbott;.
has a financial relationship (Speaker) with NovoNordisk;.

Lara Zakaria, PharmD RPh MS CNS CDN

has a financial relationship (Advisor) with Allergy Research Group;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Fullscript;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Solaria Bio;.
has a financial relationship (Consultant) with Ortho Molecular Products;.

Available Credit

  • 18.00 AANP Contact Hours

    Nurse Practitioners

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and .  AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 030803. This activity is approved for 18.00 contact hour(s) (which includes 0.00 hour(s) of pharmacology).

  • 18.00 AAPA Category 1 CME

    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 18.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

  • 18.00 ACPE Pharmacist

    Pharmacists
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 18.00 contact hours.

  • 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    Physicians
    AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 18.00 ANCC Contact Hours

    Credit being awarded: 18.00 ANCC contact hours

  • 18.00 Attendance

    Credits: 18.00

  • 18.00 CDR

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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