Trial reportBMC medical education2020
Impact of an educational intervention combining clinical obesity preceptorship with electronic networking tools on primary care professionals: a prospective study.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01385397 (Integrated Obesity Care Management System), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Integrated Obesity Care Management System
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Obesity Management Education for Healthcare Professionals: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical obesity · 2026Pooled it
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- The Effect of an Education Module to Reduce Weight Bias among Medical Centers Employees: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity facts · 2022Trial
- Weight Bias Interventions for Healthcare Professionals: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
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- Impact of continuing professional development (CPD) on patient outcomes: a systematic scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Visualization analysis of CBL application in Chinese and international medical education based on big data mining.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A scoping review of obesity education interventions for current and prospective medical professionals in Canada.Obesity pillars · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrimary care providers' (PCPs) attitude toward obesity is often negative, and their confidence level for helping patients manage their weight is low. Continuing professional development (CPD) on the subject of obesity is often based on a single activity using a traditional passive approach such as lectures known to have little effect on performance or patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention for obesity management on PCPs' attitude, self-efficacy, practice changes and patient-related outcomes.
methodsProspective interventional study with 12 months follow-up. A two-day clinical obesity preceptorship was offered where participants were actively involved in competence building using real-life situations, in addition to electronic networking tools, including a discussion forum and interactive monthly webinars. Thirty-five participants (12 nurses and 23 physicians) from seven Family medicine groups were enrolled. Questionnaires were used to evaluate the impact on primary care nurses' and physicians' attitudes and self-efficacy for obesity management. Practice changes and patient outcomes were evaluated using clinical vignettes, de-identified electronic patient records and qualitative analyses from group interviews.
resultsPhysicians' general attitude towards patients with obesity was improved (61 ± 22 mm vs 85 ± 17 mm, p < 0.001). Self-efficacy for obesity management and lifestyle counselling were also improved immediately and 1 year after the intervention (all Ps < 0.05). De-identified patient records and clinical vignettes both showed improvement in recording of weight, waist circumference and evaluation of readiness to change lifestyle (all Ps < 0.05) that was confirmed by group interviews. Also, 15% of patients who were prospectively registered for weight management had lost more than 5% of their initial weight at the time of their last visit (P < 0.0001, median follow-up of 152 days).
conclusionA multimodal educational intervention for obesity management can improve PCPs'attitude and self-efficacy for obesity management and lifestyle counselling. This translates into beneficial practice changes and patient-related outcomes.
trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01385397 . Retrospectively registered, 28 June 2011.
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