title: Investigating the feasibility and acceptability of health psychology-informed obesity training for medical students.
abstract: Health psychologists have succeeded in identifying theory-congruent behaviour change techniques (BCTs) to prevent and reduce lifestyle-related illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease, cancers and diabetes. Obesity management discussions between doctors and patients can be challenging and are often avoided. Despite a clear training need, it is unknown how best to tailor BCT research findings to inform obesity-management training for future healthcare professionals. The primary objective of this descriptive study was to gather information on the feasibility and acceptability of delivering and evaluating health psychology-informed obesity training to UK medical students. Medical students (n = 41) attended an obesity management session delivered by GP tutors. Sessions were audio-recorded to enable fidelity checks. Acceptability of training was explored qualitatively. Tutors consistently delivered training according to the intervention protocol; and students and tutors found the training highly acceptable. This psychology-informed training can be delivered successfully by GP tutors and further research is warranted to explore its efficacy.
authors.affiliation: a Manchester Centre for Dermatology Research, Institute of Inflammation and Repair , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.affiliation: b Manchester Medical School , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: b Manchester Medical School , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.|c Division of Medical Education , Dalhousie University , Halifax , NS , Canada.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: d School of Medicine , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.affiliation: e School of Psychological Sciences , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duthie
authors.affiliation: e School of Psychological Sciences , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rezvani
authors.affiliation: e School of Psychological Sciences , University of Manchester , Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: feasibility and acceptability; health psychology; healthcare training; medical education; obesity