@article{a99e3c61f42843808f7a19bffaccc4bc,
title = "Development of Obesity Competencies for Medical Education: A Report from the Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative",
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.",
author = "Kushner, {Robert F.} and Horn, {Deborah B.} and Butsch, {W. Scott} and Brown, {Joshua D.} and Katherine Duncan and Fugate, {Colony S.} and Carol Gorney and Grunvald, {Eduardo L.} and Igel, {Leon I.} and Magdalena Pasarica and Nicholas Pennings and Taraneh Soleymani and Amanda Velazquez",
note = "Funding Information: Participating organizations in OMEC working groups include the following: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), American Society for Nutrition (ASN), Endocrine Society (ES), Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), and Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). External reviewer organizations include the following: ACPM, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), ACOG, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), AACE, AAPA, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), American Heart Association (AHA), American Medical Women's Association (AMWA), American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), ASN, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), ES, SBM, and The Obesity Society (TOS). Endorsing organizations include the following: AAPA, AACE, AANP, American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM), American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), American College of Surgeons (ACS), Association for Bariatric Endoscopy (ABE), AMWA, AND, American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), ES, Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), SGIM, SBM, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), TOS, World Obesity Federation (WOF), and Obesity Canada.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1002/oby.22471",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "1063--1067",
journal = "Obesity",
issn = "1930-7381",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "7",
}