Suseela Thiyagarajan, Prakash R M Saldanha, Radhakrishnan Govindan, K C Leena, Prathyusha P Vasuki
Effectiveness of agile methodology on metacognitive ability, and clinical performance among nursing students-An interventional study
Journal of education and health promotion
obesity multifactorial chronic disease major contributor numerous health conditions despite high prevalence costs health effects obesity physicians largely unprepared treat medical students residents lack sufficient training obesity obesity management evaluated twopart teambased learning seminar tbl obesity pathogenesis treatment firstyear medical students case western reserve university school medicine cwru som questionnaire attitudes toward obesity selfperceived knowledge obesity administered tbl utilizing likert scales 183 medical students attended tbls 155 85 completed baseline questionnaire 127 69 completed postintervention questionnaire confidence treating obesity increased significantly preintervention 27 sd 10 postintervention 37 sd 08 attitude obesity caused poor personal choices decreased significantly preintervention 28 sd 09 postintervention 21 sd 09 selfperceived knowledge obesity nine areasepidemiology energy homeostasis etiologies nutrition physical activity behavior pharmacology surgery languageincreased significantly despite obesity one prevalent health concerns obesity education medical school scant tbl resulted improved attitudes toward obesity selfperceived knowledge obesity among firstyear medical students cwru som offers practical mechanism introduce obesity education undergraduate medical curricula