A Canadian survey of medical students and undergraduate deans on the management of patients living with obesity | BMC Medical Education
With over 26% of Canadian adults living with obesity, undergraduate medical education (UGME) should prepare medical students to manage this chronic disease. It is currently unknown how the management of patients living with obesity is taught within UGME curricula in Canada. This study (1) examined the knowledge and self-reported competence of final-year medical students in managing patients living with obesity, and (2) explored how this topic is taught within UGME curricula in Canada. We distributed two online surveys: one to final-year medical students, and another to UGME deans at 9 English-...