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Medical undergraduates' use of behaviour change talk: the example of facilitating weight management
Conclusions: Current skills-based communication programmes do not adequately prepare future doctors for the growing task of facilitating weight management. Students are able to generalise some communication skills to these encounters, but are over confident and have limited ability to use evidence-based theoretically informed techniques. They recognise this as a learning need. Educators will need to tackle the challenges of integrating theoretically informed and evidence based behaviour change talk within medical training.
Source: BMC Medical Education - January 24, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sarah PetersLouisa BirdHamaira AshrafSehar AhmedPhilip McNameeCassandra NgJo Hart Source Type: research

Knowledge and Awareness of Prostate Cancer Among Omani Men Attending a Teaching Hospital
AbstractProstate cancer is ranked as the fourth most prevalent cancer in the world and the second most common cancer affecting men. In Oman, prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men, with the majority of prostate cancer patients presenting in the more advanced stages of the disease. Public awareness of the risk factors, symptoms and emphasising the importance of seeking early medical attention could help to improve the outcomes and survival rates of prostate cancer patients. The aim of this study is to determine the awareness levels of the risk factors, symptoms and barriers to seeking early medical inte...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - May 31, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Inside look: A physician ’s success story as a prediabetic patient
As a patient enrollee in her local diabetes prevention program, Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, didn ’t want anyone to know she was a physician. But now she’s sharing her experience far and wide because it quite possibly changed her life. Altering her family history “My father had his first heart attack when I was in ninth grade, and he died at 62—a diabetic,” Dr. Nielsen, an internal medicine physician, told physicians last month. “So were both his parents and seven of his eight siblings. And so I knew: With a sedentary lifestyle, I was a prime candida te.” Dr. Nielsen last month spoke to two groups of physicia...
Source: AMA Wire - July 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

The Association of Direct Observation of Medical Students With Patient-Centered Care for Obesity.
CONCLUSIONS: Independent observation and self-report of instruction adequacy and content had no consistent association with care quality. However, direct faculty observation predicted improvement in both student self-reports and independent observer ratings of students' interpersonal quality of care. Further work is needed to define optimal methods of imparting patient-centered care. PMID: 32267522 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Family Medicine - April 9, 2020 Category: Primary Care Tags: Fam Med Source Type: research

Systematic review of patient education practices in weight loss surgery.
CONCLUSION: WLS patient education varied by curriculum and dose and commonly used passive learning methods (e.g., traditional lecture style instruction with minimal engagement from learners). Results shared can inform future bariatric education programs and accreditation standard development (e.g., Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program patient education standards). Additional study is needed, but existing evidence can guide improvements in high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered educational programs. PMID: 28216118 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - January 10, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Groller KD Tags: Surg Obes Relat Dis Source Type: research

The Stress Epidemic and the Search for the Modern Cure
We are living in an epidemic of stress. The people who walk into my office on a daily basis - busy successful New Yorkers with full lives and a lot going on -- look to the world like they have it all. But more often than not they are deeply stressed out. They are not alone. In 2011, nearly 75 million unique prescriptions were written for Xanax and Ativan, two anti-anxiety medications, in the United States, indicating our country has a serious problem with stress. Furthermore, one in 10 Americans now takes an antidepressant medication -- and among women in their 40s and 50s, that number is one in four. From, what I see da...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Use of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Clinical Nurse Specialist Education
Conclusion: Objective structured clinical examinations were highly useful for evaluating CNS students’ coaching competencies for lifestyle change. Using OSCEs early in the semester to provide students feedback on their performance and again at the end to determine improvement optimizes use of this teaching strategy.
Source: Clinical Nurse Specialist - April 12, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Article Source Type: research

Inside look: A physician’s success story as a prediabetic patient
As a patient enrollee in her local diabetes prevention program, Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, didn’t want anyone to know she was a physician. But now she’s sharing her experience far and wide because it quite possibly changed her life. Altering her family history “My father had his first heart attack when I was in ninth grade, and he died at 62—a diabetic,” Dr. Nielsen, an internal medicine physician, told physicians last month. “So were both his parents and seven of his eight siblings. And so I knew: With a sedentary lifestyle, I was a prime candidate.” Dr. Nielsen last month spoke to two groups of physician...
Source: AMA Wire - July 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news

Kathryn Remati releases 'Befriend Yourself: The Self-Love Path to Peace'
New book is a mindfulness adventure that teaches how to unlearn patterns of self-loathing to uncover the overflowing love that already exists in all of us LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kathryn Remati was teaching health education classes for insomnia, weight loss, anxiety,...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news

Students’ Report of Preceptor Weight Management Counseling at Eight U.S. Medical Schools
ConclusionsEven with a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation for primary care physicians to provide weight management counseling and endorsement from the major academic primary care societies, students in primary care clerkships report receiving little weight management counseling clinical teaching from their preceptors. The results reinforce the need for medical educators to teach and model weight management counseling for physicians-in-training if they are to achieve Task Force goals. Further research is required to better corroborate self-reported indicators of preceptor to student communication that are described herein.
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - October 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

New Robot Gives Surgeons 3D View, Increased Precision
WORCESTER (CBS) – It’s the latest generation of robotic surgery, but don’t worry there’s a doctor controlling its every move. And that means increased precision and shorter recovery times. WBZ got a surgeon’s eye view of how it works. “What’s important about the robot for me is that this is the way technology is going to go for the next generation,” said Dr. John Kelly, the chief of general surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. We were able to observe him performing gastric sleeve surgery for weight loss and he used four robotic arms to do it. “I can ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Mallika Marshall Robotic Surgery UMass Memorial Medical Center Source Type: news

9 Women On Why They Switched From Cardio To Weight Training
Anna Danes was a lifelong runner, jogger and walker, but after giving birth to her daughter 12 years ago, she got busy and wasn’t able to keep up her regular exercise routine. She quickly noticed changes in her body, especially her weight beginning to creep up, and eventually went back to a cardio-heavy routine. She wasn’t seeing results, though, and after successfully battling breast cancer, getting divorced and shaking off her old life as a lawyer to become a jazz singer (her sophomore album, “Find Your Wings,” topped iTunes’ jazz chart in 2016), she knew it was time for a change. “I&r...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging: Link to everything you create elsewhere on the web. And if possible, save a copy of it on your own blog. Things disappear so quickly, and even important work can slip your mind months or years later when you want to recall it. If it's in one, definitive place, you'll be glad for it.Always write with the idea that what you're sharing will live for months and years and decades. Having a long-term perspective in mind is an incredibly effective tool for figuring out whether...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - October 10, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: #HCSM Source Type: news

Mother ’s Milk and the Environment: Might Chemical Exposures Impair Lactation?
New mothers who quit breastfeeding earlier than they had wanted often chalk it up to not being able to produce enough milk. But a handful of researchers are exploring whether certain environmental exposures may affect some women’s ability to lactate.© Tony Anderson/Getty Images Lactation support includes teaching women techniques to breastfeed and build their milk supply, as well as reassuring them of their ability to nourish their infants.© Phanie/Alamy Stock Photo Education and counseling have been important tools in boosting breastfeeding rates, after decades of marketing mess...
Source: EHP Research - January 2, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: News Focus January 2017 Source Type: research

This Exercise Craze Is Giving Low-Income Women A Chance To Prioritize Their Health
This story first appeared in Intersections South L.A., a publication of the Annenberg Media Center, on October 30, 2014. “She used to be fat!” a woman said after Patricia Campos’ class on a recent weekday morning, nudging her elbow at a fellow student. “No, I used to be fat!” a friend chimed in. “I was fat, too!” added another. Just minutes prior, the trio of 30-somethings were among 20 women clad in black leggings and neon hued tops twisting side to side as a Dominican cumbia song blasted from the stereo. “Get movin’!” commanded Campos in Spanish, pointing to one woman’s waist with a mock se...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news