Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills

Description

The goal of this study is to addresses the lack of weight management training physicians receive during their residency training. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How affective is the MRWeight curriculum at increasing medical residents weight management counseling (WMC) skills. * Evaluate residents' adoption of WMC skills in encounters with their patients * what would be the best way to get residents to adopt the WMC skills Residents in the comparison group will receive a course on obesity and weight management. The residents in the intervention group will have to attend 2 informational sessions and will receive 6 email modules on WMC. Both groups will also take part in 3 assessments over the course of 18 months to see which group has better WMC skills.

Conditions

Weight Management, Patient Counseling, Video Communication Asssessments

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Study overview

The goal of this study is to addresses the lack of weight management training physicians receive during their residency training. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How affective is the MRWeight curriculum at increasing medical residents weight management counseling (WMC) skills. * Evaluate residents' adoption of WMC skills in encounters with their patients * what would be the best way to get residents to adopt the WMC skills Residents in the comparison group will receive a course on obesity and weight management. The residents in the intervention group will have to attend 2 informational sessions and will receive 6 email modules on WMC. Both groups will also take part in 3 assessments over the course of 18 months to see which group has better WMC skills.

MRWeight: Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills -- A Multi-Modal, Technology-Assisted, Spaced Education Program

Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills

Condition
Weight Management
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Palo Alto

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

Sacramento

UC Davis, Sacramento, California, United States, 95820

Boston

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118

Bronx

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

East Setauket

Stony Brook, East Setauket, New York, United States, 11733

Hershey

Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Philadelphia

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140

Houston

Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * All PGY1 residents in participating sites
  • * The program is willing and able to incorporate the MRWeight program into the PGY1 core curriculum.
  • * The residency director will allow PGY1s to complete surveys and curriculum evaluations online or in class and to complete a standardized assessment of their knowledge and use of WMC, and
  • * The site will allow inclusion of three successive cohorts of PGY1s to ensure more than a sufficient number of residents to adequately test the effect of the intervention

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Massachusetts, Worcester,

RAJANI SADASIVAM, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UMass Chan Medical School

Study Record Dates

2027-12-30