Benchmarking of provider competencies and current training for prevention and management of obesity among family medicine residency programs: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

U.S. physicians lack training in caring for patients with obesity. For family medicine, the newly developed Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) competencies provide an opportunity to compare current training with widely accepted standards. We aimed to evaluate the current state of obesity training in family medicine residency programs.

Methods

We conducted a study consisting of a cross-sectional survey of U.S. family medicine residency program leaders. A total of 735 directors (including associate/assistant directors) from 472 family medicine residency programs identified from the American Academy of Family Physicians public directory were invited via postal mail to complete an online survey in 2018.

Results

Seventy-seven program leaders complet

SUBMITTER: Orjuela-Grimm M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8229273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature