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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2026

Self-Reported Obesity Medicine Competence, Knowledge, and Attitudes Among US Medical Students: An Eight-School Pre- vs. Post-Intervention Study.

Magdalena Pasarica, Robert F Kushner, Angelina V Leary, Amber Mirando, Ricardo Correa, Monica Agarwal, Eduardo Grunvald, Sadie Trammell Velasquez, Virginia Uhley, Jonathan Q Purnell and 9 more

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Magdalena PasaricaDepartment of Medical Education, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 6850 Lake Nona Blvd, Orlando, FL, 32827-7408, USA. Magdalena.Pasarica@ucf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-105X
Robert F KushnerDepartment of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Angelina V LearyDepartment of Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Amber MirandoDepartment of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ricardo CorreaMedical Specialty Institute, Endocrine Department, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.
Monica AgarwalDepartment of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA, AL.
Eduardo GrunvaldDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Sadie Trammell VelasquezDepartment of Medicine, University of Texas at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Virginia UhleyDepartment of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Jonathan Q PurnellDepartment of Faculty Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Dee-Ann CarpenterDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health and Office of Medical Education, University of Hawaii at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Amanda VelazquezDepartment of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA, CA.
Gabriel SmolarzZealand Pharma, Boston, MA, USA.
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Colleen Croniger
Mark S Johnson
Julie Loza
Andrew Mock
Kim Pfotenhauer

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backgroundObesity contributes to many chronic diseases that internists manage. Even though there is a documented gap in obesity education, no studies have evaluated competency-based obesity education interventions from the learner perspective.

aimTo develop and implement a pilot, multi-institutional, competency-based obesity medicine curriculum intervention, with the learner perspective as the primary outcome. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: We developed and implemented an educational intervention grounded in social constructivist learning theory and guided by the logic model framework. Students provided self-rating on each of the 32 obesity medicine competencies and their beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge of obesity medicine, both pre- and post-interventions. SETTING AND

participantsEight diverse US medical schools participated (September 2023-October 2025); pre- and post-intervention surveys were completed by 1829 (60%) and 1187 (39%) students, respectively. The dialogue within school-based teams was supported by an expert steering committee that provided scaffolding and expertise. PROGRAM EVALUATION: Following the intervention, students reported significantly (p < 0.001) higher ratings across all 32 obesity medicine competencies (3.15 ± 0.56 vs. 2.79 ± 0.72; mean ± SD), higher knowledge about obesity (3.00 ± 0.29 vs. 2.92 ± 0.29; mean ± SD), lower negative beliefs (2.08 ± 0.41 vs. 2.82 ± 0.44; mean ± SD), and higher positive attitudes toward patients with obesity (3.55 ± 0.40 vs. 1.53 ± 0.41; mean ± SD). DISCUSSION: This large study approach demonstrates feasibility and scalability of a multi-institutional collaborative framework for addressing the curricular gap in obesity medicine education.

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collaborativecompetency-based educationobesity medicineundergraduate medical education

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