NCT02648308: 5AsT-MD2

Extension of the 5As Team Study for Improved Provider Obesity Management to Physicians and Medical Trainees (Part 2)

Completed Last updated 23 February 2018

What this trial tests

trial testing Obesity Management Workshop in Obesity in 75 participants. Completed in 27 August 2017.

Timeline

8 October 2015

Primary endpoint
6 April 2017

27 August 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Alberta
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	75
Start date	8 October 2015
Primary completion	6 April 2017
Estimated completion	27 August 2017
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• Obesity Management Workshop

Conditions studied

• Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →

Sponsor

University of Alberta

Who can join

19 and older, any sex, with Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Results from the 5As Team (5AsT) Study have identified critical gaps in medical school curricula on obesity, leading to a wave of new family physicians who lack confidence and are poorly equipped to manage obesity with their patients. In an effort to address this gap, all first year medical residents training in family medicine at the University of Alberta during the 2015/2016 year will be required to take a 2 day workshop in Obesity Management as part of the Doctor-Patient Relationship Course. The comprehensive workshop provides medical residents with knowledge and training in obesity prevention and management through didactic lectures, experiential learning, and clinical practice. Participants were asked to complete and submit pre- and post- workshop assessment measuring self-reported confidence on aspects of weight management counselling, narrative reflections regarding the experiential components of the course, and measures to assess beliefs and attitudes towards people living with obesity. The purpose of our program evaluation was to assess the program's impact on residents' knowledge of obesity and attitude towards counselling patients with obesity, as well as to refine and further develop the course. Evaluation of the 5AsT-MD pilot project shows increases of residents' understanding of the complexity and chronicity of obesity, and an uptake of the 5As framework and tools by residents to improve confidence and success of their weight management practice.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.