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Raising awareness of anti-fat stigma in healthcare through lived experience education: a continuing professional development pilot study

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العنوان: Raising awareness of anti-fat stigma in healthcare through lived experience education: a continuing professional development pilot study
المؤلفون: Heidebrecht, Christine, Fierheller, Dianne, Martel, Sara, Andrews, Alex, Hollahan, Amanda, Griffin, Laura, Meerai, Sonia, Lock, Raeden, Nabavian, Helia, D’Silva, Chelsea, Friedman, May, Zenlea, Ian
المساهمون: Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
المصدر: BMC Medical Education ; volume 24, issue 1 ; ISSN 1472-6920
بيانات النشر: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
سنة النشر: 2024
مصطلحات موضوعية: Education, General Medicine
الوصف: Background Anti-fat attitudes and weight-based discrimination are prevalent in healthcare settings and among healthcare practitioners and clinical trainees, and can result in immense harm to patients. There is increasing recognition that anti-fat bias in healthcare is a critical issue that must be addressed, but there is a dearth of evidence demonstrating sustained attitude and behavioural change among clinicians, illustrating a need for more innovative educational approaches and rigorous evaluation. We describe the co-design and delivery of a narrative-based continuing professional development curriculum aimed at raising awareness of weight-based bias and stigma. Methods Our research team of lived experience educators, clinicians and researchers collaboratively developed a series of seven podcast episodes comprised of narrative descriptions of lived experiences with and impacts of weight bias, stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings, as well as a post-podcast workshop to facilitate reflection and discussion between participants. The curriculum was piloted among 20 clinicians practicing at a large urban hospital in Mississauga, Canada. We explored feasibility, acceptability and learning impact by analyzing responses to questionnaires completed following each podcast episode and responses shared during the workshops and follow-up feedback sessions. Results We observed high acceptability and feasibility of the curriculum. Participants experienced the podcast as a practical and convenient learning format and the workshop as a valuable opportunity to collectively debrief and reflect. The learning impact of the curriculum was strong; participants described a range of emotions elicited by the podcasts, engaged in self-reflection, and expressed a desire to modify clinical approaches. Barriers to the application of learnings identified by participants include pervasiveness of the use of body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of risk and a criterion for referral; discomfort with difficult conversations; ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04889-8
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04889-8.pdf
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04889-8/fulltext.html
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04889-8Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.92A33912
قاعدة البيانات: BASE