ReviewObesity pillars2023
Transforming the landscape of obesity education - The Canadian obesity education competencies.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient expectations and healthcare professional education in obesity care: A comparative qualitative study.Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- Development of a core competency evaluation indicator system for weight management nurses: a Delphi and analytic hierarchy process study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Obesity care education in Canadian medical schools: A multi-site qualitative study.Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- How does the Calibre learning program impact attitudes towards caring for patients who have obesity?Obesity pillars · 2026Article
- The New Obesity Treatment Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Shared Decision-Making in People With Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes care · 2026Review
- Perceptions, attitudes, and practices influencing management of obesity in Ireland-The Awareness, Care and Treatment in Obesity maNagement, (ACTION) Ireland study.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives on the current state of obesity management training: A mix methods study.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- Obesity competencies for healthcare professionals: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The Landscape of Obesity Education Worldwide - Are We Doing Enough? Scoping Review of Content of Obesity Educational Interventions in Medical Schools and Residency Programs.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) in Obesity Care: Cultivating Person-Centered and Supportive Clinical Conversations to Reduce Stigma: A Narrative Review.Obesity science & practice · 2025Review
- Public Policies on Obesity: A Literature Review of Global Challenges and Response Strategies.Cureus · 2024Review
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17 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Background: With ongoing gaps in obesity education delivery for health professions in Canada and around the world, a transformative shift is needed to address and mitigate weight bias and stigma, and foster evidence-based approaches to obesity assessment and care in the clinical setting. Obesity Canada has created evidence-based obesity competencies for medical education that can guide curriculum development, assessment and evaluation and be applied to health professionals' education programs in Canada and across the world. Methods: The Obesity Canada Education Action Team has seventeen members in health professions education and research along with students and patient experts. Through an iterative group consensus process using four guiding principles, key and enabling obesity competencies were created using the 2015 CanMEDS competency framework as its foundation. These principles included the representation of all CanMEDS Roles throughout the competencies, minimizing duplication with the original CanMEDS competencies, ensuring obesity focused content was informed by the 2020 Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines and the 2019 US Obesity Medication Education Collaborative Competencies, and emphasizing patient-focused language throughout. Results: A total of thirteen key competencies and thirty-seven enabling competencies make up the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies (COECs). Conclusion: The COECs embed evidence-based approaches to obesity care into one of the most widely used competency-based frameworks in the world, CanMEDS. Crucially, these competencies outline how to address and mitigate the damaging effects of weight bias and stigma in educational and clinical settings. Next steps include the creation of milestones and nested Entrustable Professional Activities, a national report card on obesity education for undergraduate medical education in Canada, and Free Open Access Medication Education content, including podcasts and infographics, for easier adoption into curriculum around the world and across the health professions spectrum.
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