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Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills

University of Massachusetts, Worcester · with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Albert Einstein College of Medicine · NCT06529666

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
630
US sites recruiting
7
Study start
June 10, 2024
Record last updated
September 10, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this study is to addresses the lack of weight management training physicians receive during their residency training. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • How affective is the MRWeight curriculum at increasing medical residents weight management counseling (WMC) skills.
  • Evaluate residents' adoption of WMC skills in encounters with their patients
  • what would be the best way to get residents to adopt the WMC skills Residents in the comparison group will receive a course on obesity and weight management. The residents in the intervention group will have to attend 2 informational sessions and will receive 6 email modules on WMC. Both groups will also take part in 3 assessments over the course of 18 months to see which group has better WMC skills.

Being studied: Didatic Session 1: Core Foundation Course; The 3Ps Program; Didactic session 2; Email reinforcement; PowerPoint of the foundational course

Conditions: Weight Management Counseling

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • All PGY1 residents in participating sites

Inclusion Criteria for participating site

  • The program is willing and able to incorporate the MRWeight program into the PGY1 core curriculum.
  • The residency director will allow PGY1s to complete surveys and curriculum evaluations online or in class and to complete a standardized assessment of their knowledge and use of WMC, and
  • The site will allow inclusion of three successive cohorts of PGY1s to ensure more than a sufficient number of residents to adequately test the effect of the intervention

Recruiting US locations

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, CA 94304

    Site contact: Kim Chiang, MD · 650-498-9000 · kichiang@stanford.edu

  • UC Davis

    Sacramento, CA 95820

    Site contact: Stephany Sanchez, MD · 800-282-3284 · stesanchez@UCDAVIS.EDU

  • Stony Brook

    East Setauket, NY 11733

    Site contact: Patricia NG, MD · 631-444-4630 · Patricia.Ng@stonybrookmedicine.edu

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    The Bronx, NY 10467

    Site contact: Jing Yu Pan, MD · (718) 920-2273 · jpan1@montefiore.org

  • Penn State University

    Hershey, PA 17033

    Site contact: Eliana Hempel, MD · 717-531-5160 · ehempel@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

  • Temple University

    Philadelphia, PA 19140

    Site contact: Sharon Herring, MD, MPH · 800-836-7536 · sharon.herring@temple.edu

  • Houston Methodist

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Melina Awar, MD · 713-441-0006 · mawar@houstonmethodist.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • RAJANI SADASIVAM, PhD · (508) 856-8989 · Rajani.Sadasivam@umassmed.edu
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