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Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Summary
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.
Official title: MRWeight: Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills -- A Multi-Modal, Technology-Assisted, Spaced Education Program
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
630
Start Date
2024-06-10
Completion Date
2027-12-30
Last Updated
2025-09-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Didatic Session 1: Core Foundation Course
A 45-minute foundational presentation covering key Weight Management Counseling (WMC) concepts, obesity bias, and cultural humility facilitated by a trained clinician-educator at the residency program delivered at baseline.
The 3Ps Program
6 email modules delivered over months 2-8). Each 3P module will allow the resident to: (1) Prepare: Review relevant concepts and demonstration videos sent via an email to prepare for completing the VCA vignettes; (2) Practice: Respond to brief vignettes of various 5As WMC challenging scenarios by audio recording their spoken response on the VCA tool; and (3) Process: Reflect on actionable expert and crowdsourced analogue patient feedback on the quality of their responses to each VCA vignette.
Didactic session 2
(months 8-10): This 45-minute session will discuss key barriers to WMC adoption in clinical practice using real-world cases captured from residents facilitated by a trained clinician-educator at the residency program.
Email reinforcement
2 emails in months 10-12 covering key concepts in the preceding components.
PowerPoint of the foundational course
Residents will receive a core foundation slides on weight management counselling
Locations (8)
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
UC Davis
Sacramento, California, United States
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Stony Brook
East Setauket, New York, United States
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Bronx, New York, United States
Penn State University
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Houston Methodist
Houston, Texas, United States