Health Professionals

At Optibac we recognise the important work that Health Professionals do. We have teams dedicated to providing Health Care Professionals (HCP) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners with the tools needed to recommend and educate on live cultures and Optibac products.

HCP team

Our dedicated HCP team are Seher Azazi (NT Dip CNM) and Diana Koklonis (BNutDiet (Hons), MSc).

This professional team organise educational trainings covering up-to-date research on an array of areas related to probiotics and the importance of strain specificity in a variety of conditions, which has been acknowledged by WHO and IPA.

You can contact them at hcp@optibacprobiotics.co.uk

Our HCP team also offers great quality and CPD accredited learning modules created and delivered by experts in nutrition and health, for HCPs wanting to further extend their knowledge on probiotics. 

If you are an HCP you can access free Health Professional Academy educational modules on:

• Childhood microbiome & the role of probiotics
• Probiotics for antibiotics associated diarrhoea

On 17th May Optibac were proud to sponsor a new CPD webinar on the evidence for probiotics and gut disorders delivered by the Expert speaker Dr Bridgette Wilson – a Research and Clinical Dietitian at King’s College London.

Health Care Professionals can view the recording for this free event here: Probiotics & Gut Disorders: What is the Evidence?

 

CAM team

Sarah Oboh (BSc (Hons) Nutrition, ANutr) leads our dedicated CAM practitioner support team.

Regular online product training sessions are provided for CAM practitioners. These 1-hour online sessions provide an overview of our product range and the most appropriate live cultures protocols to use in clinical practice.

To book a place, contact: practitioners@optibacprobiotics.com 

We also run sessions for Ireland CAM practitioners. Please email us to reserve a slot: cam.support@wrenlabs.com

CAM practitioners may like to access the recordings of our latest CPD accredited webinars in association with IHCAN magazine.

• The Effects of Ageing on the Microbiome
• Probiotic and women’s health: A practitioner’s guide to supporting women’s common health conditions in clinical practice
• A practitioner’s guide to menopause and how probiotics may support
• Skin and the microbiome: the gut-skin axis

 

Latest CAM webinar - The gut-brain axis in neuropsychiatric disorders 

Sarah Oboh hosted a CPD accredited webinar in association with IHCAN magazine on Tuesday, 17th October.

1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health issue and the prevalence is rising. One of the key mechanisms implicated in mental health disorders is the gut-brain axis which connects our mental health, wellbeing, and behaviour to our microbial profile – and research suggests the gut microbiome may play a part in the development and progression of neuropsychiatric disorders. During this webinar, Sarah will explore the complex relationship between the gut microbiome and neuropsychiatric disorders, and will discuss how practitioners might support these conditions in practice.

You can access the recording of this webinar here: The gut-brain axis in neuropsychiatric disorders 

 

We always welcome UK-based professionals to open a direct account with us to receive trade discounts off our products. Please fill in the practitioner registration form and email this to us, along with your proof of qualification. The Optibac range is also available at The Natural Dispensary and for practitioners based in Ireland, at Pure & Natural.

For the latest in live cultures research and education, please take a look at our Probiotics Professionals site.