Team-Based Learning Intervention to Improve Obesity Education in Medical School.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity is a multifactorial chronic disease and a major contributor to numerous health conditions. Despite the high prevalence, costs, and health effects of obesity, physicians are largely unprepared to treat it. Most medical students and residents lack sufficient training in obesity and obesity management.

Methods

We evaluated a two-part team-based learning seminar (TBL) on obesity pathogenesis and treatment for first-year medical students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM). A questionnaire on attitudes toward obesity and self-perceived knowledge of obesity was administered before and after the TBL, utilizing Likert scales.

Results

Of 183 medical students who attended both TBLs, 155 (85%) completed the baseline questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Olson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689578 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature