Benchmarking of provider competencies and current training for prevention and management of obesity among family medicine residency programs: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background U.S.physicians lack training in caring for patients with obesity.For family medicine, the newly developed Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) competencies provide an opportunity to compare current training with widely accepted standards.We aimed to evaluate the current state of obesity training in family medicine res

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Initial findings on student progress and satisfaction in a new model of hyperflexible online delivery for university students

University degrees are usually delivered in defined sessions —by term, semester, or in week-based blocks— whereby students are required to complete their studies by the due date.Term or session-based schedules that require students to complete the study within set timeframes are, however, potentially restrictive.Temporal challenges associated w

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