Medical Residents Learning Weight Management Counseling Skills

The goal of this study is to addresses the lack of weight management training physicians receive during their residency training. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How affective is the MRWeight curriculum at increasing medical residents weight management counseling (WMC) skills. * Evaluate residents' adoption of WMC skills in encounters with their patients * what would be the best way to get residents to adopt the WMC skills Residents in the comparison group will receive a course on obesity and weight management. The residents in the intervention group will have to attend 2 informational sessions and will receive 6 email modules on WMC. Both groups will also take part in 3 assessments over the course of 18 months to see which group has better WMC skills.

NCT Number	NCT06529666
Lead Sponsor	University of Massachusetts, Worcester Collaborators: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Penn State University, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Boston University, Stanford University, Temple University, University of California, Davis, Stony Brook University
Conditions	Weight Management Counseling
Enrollment	630 participants
Start Date	2024-06-10
Primary Completion	2026-06-30 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-12-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-10