Amber Olson, Katherine Lyons, Rosanna Watowicz, Matthew Loria, Lee Meluban, Shanail Berry Lampkin, W Scott Butsch, Eileen Seeholzer
BACKGROUND: Education about the prevalent chronic disease of obesity is still minimal and variable in medical school curricula. In a student-led effort with faculty support, the authors designed and implemented an obesity medicine elective at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU). The 10-week elective, taught by seven physicians and one dietitian, was offered in January 2023 to medical students and included: weekly lectures, an interactive session with a patient, shadowing in obesity medicine practices, attendance at a distance-learning intensive behavioral lifestyle program, student presentations, and a final written reflection...
September 28, 2023: International Journal of Obesity