Delivered by different health professionals | Delivered within different educational topics | Informed by different types of resources | Delivered with different educational agendas |
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To raise awareness of: | |||
1. Audiologist | 1. Adherence behaviour | 1. Behavioural and social sciences literature and education network guidelines | 1. Consequences of unhealthy behaviours |
2. Bariatric surgery researcher | 2. Central nervous system | 2. Charitable organisation resources (national forums for health/obesity) | 2. Current practice and team work |
3. Biochemist | 3. Chronic disease | 3. Government guidelines (Department of Health reports/handbooks) | 3. Determinants of obesity |
4. Biomedical scientist | 4. Clinical placements | 4. Health care system guidelines (NICE/SIGN) | 4. Difficulties of achieving behaviour change |
5. Children’s health advocacy organisation worker | 5. Communication skills | 5. Personal experience (from clinical practice) | 5. Effective behaviour change techniques |
6. Clinicians (various specialties) | 6. Endocrinology | 6. Epidemiology of obesity | |
7. Communication skills specialist | 7. Gastroenterology | 7. Importance of biopsychosocial approach | |
8. Dietician | 8. Human diversity | 8. Health promotion approaches | |
9. Psychologist | 9. Lifestyle | 9. Public health issues related to obesity | |
10. Midwife | 10. Metabolism | Skills acquisition: | |
11. Nurse | 11. Nutrition | 10. Address patients’ beliefs/barriers to change | |
12. Nutritionist | 12. Obesity week | 11. Assess patients’ self-efficacy | |
13. Pharmacist | 13. Patient safety | 12. Constructive advice regarding weight loss | |
14. Physiotherapist | 14. Professionalism | 13. Learn/use behaviour change skills | |
15. Public health professional | 15. Psychiatry | 14. Practical management of obesity with patients | |
15. Social worker | 16. Psychology | ||
16. Speech and language therapist | 17. Rheumatology | ||
18. Surgery |