Conduction, Evaluation, and Future Considerations for an Obesity Educator Training Program in Korea
- Authors
- Kim, Yang-Hyun; Lim, Jisun; Kim, Jong-Hwa; Kim, JungHwan; Lim, Jeong-Hyun; Shin, Hye-Jung; Shin, Yun-A; Kim, Yong Jin; Lee, Kyu Rae
- Issue Date
- Dec-2017
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC STUDY OBESITY
- Keywords
- Obesity; Obesity Educator Training Program; Evaluation; Education
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF OBESITY & METABOLIC SYNDROME, v.26, no.4, pp.251 - 256
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF OBESITY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 251
- End Page
- 256
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/5393
- DOI
- 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.4.251
- ISSN
- 2508-6235
- Abstract
- To reduce the prevalence of obesity and provide information on evidence-based obesity treatments, the Education Committee of the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO) has developed and launched the first Obesity Educator Training Program (OETP). After the course, we analyzed the results of a survey from 110 participants, comprising medical doctors (n=58), nutrition specialists (n=19), exercise specialists (n=14), and students (n=6). Approximately half of the participants were recruited through the Internet (48%), followed by academic leaflets, such as conference posters (21%); the reasons for participation were to learn about evidence-based treatments for obesity (47%), to receive up-to-date knowledge on obesity treatments (39%), to obtain basic information on obesity (10%), and others (4%). More than half of the participants found the date, lecture time, process, and theme of the OETP favorable. The participants indicated that there should be an in-depth course, sharing of the presented files with attendees, a longer lecture time, and a broader OETP that includes other specialties such as nursing. To improve the OETP, the educational committee of the KSSO must develop an in-depth OETP that will reflect these participant's feedback.
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