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An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity
BACKGROUND: Physicians' awareness of their important role in defusing the obesity epidemic has increased. However, the number of family practitioners who treat obesity problems continues to be low. Self-efficacy refers to the belief in one's ability to organize and execute the courses of a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC548513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15679894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-5-4 |
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author | Katz, Sara Feigenbaum, Amiel Pasternak, Shmuel Vinker, Shlomo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Physicians' awareness of their important role in defusing the obesity epidemic has increased. However, the number of family practitioners who treat obesity problems continues to be low. Self-efficacy refers to the belief in one's ability to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments. Thus, practitioners who judge themselves incapable of managing obesity do not even try. We hypothesized that practitioners' self-efficacy and motivation would be enhanced as a result of participating in an interactive course designed to enrich their knowledge of obesity management. METHODS: Twenty-nine family practitioners participated in the course, which was accompanied by qualitative interviews. The difference between the physicians' pre-course and post-course appraisals was tested by paired t-test. The interviews were analyzed by qualitative methods. RESULTS: Post-course efficacy appraisals were significantly higher than pre-course appraisals (p < 0.0005). A deeper insight on the practitioners' self-efficacy processes was gained through reflection of the practitioners on their self-efficacy during the interviews. CONCLUSIONS: Up-to-date information and workshops where skills, attitudes and social support were addressed were important in making the program effective. |
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spelling | pubmed-5485132005-02-11 An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity Katz, Sara Feigenbaum, Amiel Pasternak, Shmuel Vinker, Shlomo BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Physicians' awareness of their important role in defusing the obesity epidemic has increased. However, the number of family practitioners who treat obesity problems continues to be low. Self-efficacy refers to the belief in one's ability to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments. Thus, practitioners who judge themselves incapable of managing obesity do not even try. We hypothesized that practitioners' self-efficacy and motivation would be enhanced as a result of participating in an interactive course designed to enrich their knowledge of obesity management. METHODS: Twenty-nine family practitioners participated in the course, which was accompanied by qualitative interviews. The difference between the physicians' pre-course and post-course appraisals was tested by paired t-test. The interviews were analyzed by qualitative methods. RESULTS: Post-course efficacy appraisals were significantly higher than pre-course appraisals (p < 0.0005). A deeper insight on the practitioners' self-efficacy processes was gained through reflection of the practitioners on their self-efficacy during the interviews. CONCLUSIONS: Up-to-date information and workshops where skills, attitudes and social support were addressed were important in making the program effective. BioMed Central 2005-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC548513/ /pubmed/15679894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-5-4 Text en Copyright © 2005 Katz et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Katz, Sara Feigenbaum, Amiel Pasternak, Shmuel Vinker, Shlomo An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title | An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title_full | An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title_fullStr | An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title_full_unstemmed | An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title_short | An interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
title_sort | interactive course to enhance self-efficacy of family practitioners to treat obesity |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC548513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15679894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-5-4 |
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