Capehorn, Matthew S and Hinchliffe, Nigel and Cook, Deborah and Hill, Andrew and O'Kane, Mary and Tahrani, Abd A and Vincent, Ann and Williams, Simon and Feenie, John (2022) Recommendations from a Working Group on Obesity Care Competencies for Healthcare Education in the UK: A Report by the Steering Committee. Advances in therapy, 39 (6). pp. 3019-3030. ISSN 0741-238X
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Abstract
<h4>Introduction</h4>Obesity significantly increases the risk of developing (or worsening) more than 200 chronic diseases, and it is also a risk factor for severe COVID-19. With the rising prevalence of obesity in the UK, there is a need to develop obesity care competencies that apply to healthcare professionals (HCPs) at all levels of the health service, to increase the capacity for contemporary, evidence-based treatment that is effective, compassionate, and avoids stigmatising patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A UK Obesity Care Competencies Working Group consisting of experts by profession and experts by experience was created to provide a framework of obesity care competencies for HCPs involved in specialist obesity care (tiers 2-4 in the UK). The framework was adapted from a set of competencies recently published by the USA-based Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) and was intended to be adaptable to nurses and allied health professionals, as well as physicians, owing to the multidisciplinary team approach used in healthcare in the UK.<h4>Results</h4>The UK Obesity Care Competencies Working Group developed a set of 29 competencies, divided into five focal areas, namely obesity knowledge, patient care and procedural skills, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism and interpersonal communication skills, and systems-based practice. The working group recommends that the obesity care competencies are targeted at HCPs training as specialists. The competencies could be imported into existing training programmes to help standardise obesity-related medical education and could also be used to direct a new General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) qualification.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This list of obesity care competencies aims to provide an initial framework to improve education for HCPs and therefore to improve patient care in obesity. The acceptance and integration of these competencies into the healthcare system should provide a stepping stone toward addressing trends in health inequality.
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| Additional Information: | ** From Europe PMC via Jisc Publications Router ** History: epub 22-04-2022; ppub 01-06-2022. ** Licence for this article: cc by-nc |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Obesity, Training, Education, Competencies |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
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| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2022 14:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2023 12:37 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1993 |
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