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Table 1 Linear steps involved in education delivery in i-ACT™ in Obesity

From: The i-ACT™ in Obesity educational intervention: a pilot study on improving Canadian family physician care in obesity medicine

Interaction

Purpose

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