Interaction | Purpose |
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Physician Profile | • Understand the learners’ practice patterns • Determine their knowledge levels and their perceived knowledge gaps to provide individualized curriculum recommendations |
Educational Videos | • Update the learner’s knowledge based on the specific needs identified in the Physician Profile • Learners watched up to 11 didactic videos across disciplines on topics from the health consequences of obesity to exercise recommendations and nutritional advice (Supplementary file 1) • The program algorithm assigned videos to a learner’s curriculum based on the relative difference between indicated desired and current knowledge on a variety of topics (Supplementary file 2) |
Patient Assessments | • Learners were asked to identify 10 patients in their practice with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 or ≥ 27 with an obesity-related comorbidity) to assess their actual practice patterns in comparison to their perception |
Obesity Plan of Action | • Allow for self-reflection of individual practice (based on the 10 Patient Assessments) compared to the aggregate of data from participants across the country • Provide feedback on management practices was provided from the Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) competencies [14] |
Focus Group Meetings | • Small virtual group learning sessions were held between participants and Canadian obesity experts to allow for mentorship opportunities to support behaviour change |