Obesity education in the family medicine clerkship: a US and Canadian survey of clerkship directors’ beliefs, barriers, and curriculum content

Table 4 Number of topics related to attitude

	SI	MI	VI	EI	P-value
	n = 7	n = 28	n = 42	n = 18
Number of obesity related topics taught (Overall)^a	0.9 ± 1.2	2.1 ± 1.8	3.3 ± 2.0	3.6 ± 1.9	p < 0.001
Number of advanced topics taught^{b, c}	0.1 ± 0.4	0.5 ± 0.9	1.0 ± 1.5	1.4 ± 1.3	p = 0.019

SI Slightly important, MI Moderately important, VI Very important, EI Extremely important
^aEI vs. SI, p = 0.003; VI vs. SI, p = 0.002; VI vs. MI, p = 0.028, all other comparisons were p > 0.05
^bEI vs. SI, p = 0.043; EI vs. MI, p = 0.043, all other comparisons were p > 0.05
^cAdvanced topics include cultural aspects of obesity, obesity bias, medications than can cause weight gain, medications to treat obesity, and bariatric surgery

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