| Autor: |
Robert Kushner |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
MedEdPublish, Vol 6, Iss 4 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2312-7996 |
| Popis: |
A major challenge facing medical educators today is to adequately train current and future physicians in the prevention and treatment of obesity, a key contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. One of the central skills to be performed in the clinical encounter is to conduct a thorough and informative obesity-related history. Recent studies have confirmed the importance of the timing, pattern and trajectory of body weight as a predictor of multiple co-morbid conditions as well as future obesity. To provide a more structured and pedagogical approach to learning how to take a meaningful weight history, the familiar mnemonic "OPQRST" can be applied to facilitate this important element of the patient encounter. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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