Weight Management Counseling in Medical Schools

Eight U.S. medical schools are matched and then randomized to one of two educational
interventions, MME or TE.

Schools randomized to TE represent "usual care" and will continue the current curriculum. The
MME arm will build upon the traditional usual curriculum at the medical school. The MME is a
multi-modal educational intervention of a series of interactive learning components focused
on integrated weight management counseling. This MME intervention for weight management
counseling uses the 5As model based on the updated American Heart Association (AHA) /American
College of Cardiology (ACC) /The Obesity Society (TOS) and updated NHLBI guidelines.

Inclusion Criteria:

The medical school has:

- Interest in WMC medical education reform.

- Curricula resources (e.g. academic computing) to facilitate web-course training and a
system to maintain student contact.

- The willingness and ability to incorporate all components of MSWEIGHT into the medical
school curriculum, require or strongly encourage students to participate, and award
credit for completion.

- The willingness and ability to offer the WMC OSCE for third year medical students upon
completion of the Family or Internal Medicine clerkship rotation.

Exclusion Criteria: The medical school does not have:

- The ability to incorporate all components of MSWEIGHT into the medical school
curriculum.

- The ability to offer the WMC OSCE for third year medical students upon completion of
the Family or Internal Medicine clerkship rotation.