Moving Beyond Assessment: Novel Psychoeducation and Psychosocial Interventions in Bariatric Surgery

A scoping review of obesity education interventions for current and prospective medical professionals in Canada

“…1 depicts the screening process). Of note, two excluded abstracts were identified that either described a workshop or detailed an upcoming workshop, however information about content or results were not available online [ 22 , 23 ]. Among the eight studies included in this scoping review, four had in-person interactive sessions or workshops [ [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ], four offered material online [ 24 , 25 , 28 , 29 ], one evaluated a training program specifically for performing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy [ 30 ], five used cased studies delivered through various modalities such as videos and vignettes [ 24 , 25 , [27] , [28] , [29] ], and one focused on providing skills for motivational interviewing [ 31 ].…”

“…The one-day event addressed topics such as obesity prevention, prevalence, comorbidities, collaborative approaches to care, barriers to weight loss and assessing readiness for change [ 27 ]. In both interventions, favourable results were found for improved skills and self-efficacy for obesity management such as feeling confident to have weight-related discussions, measuring obesity and offering patient-centred care [ 23 , 26 ]. Other studies offered the majority of their resources online including video clips of patient cases, webinars, and interactive lectures [ 25 , 28 , 29 ].…”