Robert F Kushner1, Deborah B Horn2, W Scott Butsch3, Joshua D Brown4, Katherine Duncan5, Colony S Fugate6, Carol Gorney7, Eduardo L Grunvald8, Leon I Igel9, Magdalena Pasarica10, Nicholas Pennings11, Taraneh Soleymani12, Amanda Velazquez13. 1. Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2. Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA. 3. Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 4. Weight Management Center, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 5. Abrazo Weight Management Center, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. 6. Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 7. Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Services, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. 8. Weight Management Program, University of California San Diego Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, San Diego, California, USA. 9. Comprehensive Weight Control Center (West), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA. 10. Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 11. Family Medicine, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lillington, North Carolina, USA. 12. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 13. Southern California Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) was formed to develop obesity-focused competencies and benchmarks that can be used by undergraduate and graduate medical education program directors. This article describes the developmental process used to create the competencies. METHODS: Fifteen professional organizations with an interest in obesity collaborated to form OMEC. Using the six Core Competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as domains and as a guiding framework, a total of 36 group members collaborated by in-person meetings, email exchange, and conference calls. An iterative process was used by each working subgroup to develop the competencies and assessment benchmarks. The initial work was subsequently externally reviewed by 19 professional organizations. RESULTS: Thirty-two competencies were developed across the six domains. Each competency contains five descriptive measurement benchmarks for evaluator rating. CONCLUSIONS: This set of OMEC obesity-focused competencies is the first evaluation tool developed to be used within undergraduate and graduate medical training programs for both formative and summative assessments. Routine and more robust assessment is expected to increase the competence of health care providers to assess, prevent, and treat obesity. In addition to dissemination, the competencies and benchmarks will need to undergo evaluation for further validity and practicality.
OBJECTIVE:Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) was formed to develop obesity-focused competencies and benchmarks that can be used by undergraduate and graduate medical education program directors. This article describes the developmental process used to create the competencies. METHODS: Fifteen professional organizations with an interest in obesity collaborated to form OMEC. Using the six Core Competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as domains and as a guiding framework, a total of 36 group members collaborated by in-person meetings, email exchange, and conference calls. An iterative process was used by each working subgroup to develop the competencies and assessment benchmarks. The initial work was subsequently externally reviewed by 19 professional organizations. RESULTS: Thirty-two competencies were developed across the six domains. Each competency contains five descriptive measurement benchmarks for evaluator rating. CONCLUSIONS: This set of OMEC obesity-focused competencies is the first evaluation tool developed to be used within undergraduate and graduate medical training programs for both formative and summative assessments. Routine and more robust assessment is expected to increase the competence of health care providers to assess, prevent, and treat obesity. In addition to dissemination, the competencies and benchmarks will need to undergo evaluation for further validity and practicality.
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