Course Catalog

 
STP2366 The Impactful Weight of Treating Beyond the Scale
Department FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Special Topic Facility
Course Director SAMEERA DAVULURI, MD Enrollment Limit 20
Contact KALA DIXON, PhD Enrollment Minimum 4
Email kalabdixon@uabmc.edu Address
Birmingham, AL
Phone 615-305-6147 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 5-5, 17-17, 44-44
Prerequisites No prerequisites needed. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This course aims to explore the multi-various complexities associated with living with overweight. Garnering a comprehensive understanding of nutrition sciences and the pathophysiology of overweight is vital to combat obesity. Utilizing self-inquiry of how implicit biases and non-verbal cues, through attitudes and behavior, profoundly shape patient self-efficacy and motivation for change. Providers must transcend beyond traditional medical paradigms. This course endeavors to navigate the intricate interplay between self-reflective awareness, motivational interviewing, patient-food relationships, and treatment to support overweight. Through such actions, learners will gain practical skills to support patient self-discovery for change. By examining this gamut of factors that influence weight management success, students will learn how to employ meaningful conversations necessary to build empathetic patient-provider relationships.
Where To Report Community Health Building, Room 302, 8:00 am
Requirements Students will be required to:
• Actively participate in all learning activities inclusive to module review/facilitated discussion, self-awareness assessment, role-playing, case-based learning, small group discussions, simulation, and patient engagement.
• Actively engage in course conversations and facilitated discussions for the purpose of reflection, sharing of personal learned experiences, and individual perceptions.
• Complete all associated course materials and session preparation materials.
Evaluation • Monday: Implicit Weight Bias and Stigma in Health Care Settings
- Morning: Pre/post survey
- Afternoon: Post Assessment Weight Implicit Association Test

• Tuesday: Use of Motivational Interview to Build Relationships and Guide Health Behavior Change
Confidence in Health Behavior Counseling
- Pre Post Confidence Scale

• Wednesday: Morning: Nutrition for Weight Management/ Afternoon: Pathophysiology and Management of Obesity
- Morning: Nutrition Competence (NUTCOMP) questionnaire
- Afternoon: Post-session reflection evaluation

• Thursday: Scaling Success through Simulated Motivational Interviewing
- Sim event evaluation

• Friday: Patient Panel: Pounds and Perception
- Session evaluation
Notes