80.7% (n=88) of attendees at the Skinny on New Weight Loss Techniques PG Course reported no use a balloon or liner procedure for obesity over the prior 3 months of practice, and another 9.2% (n=10) reported only 1-3 cases. Average comfort level for use of gastric balloons and liners among attendees at the Skinny on New Weight Loss Techniques PG Course was 2.7/5 at 2016 post-meeting analysis, and 3/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
74.3% (n=81) of attendees at the Skinny on New Weight Loss Techniques PG Course reported no use of a procedure for obesity that they would describe as “new” over the prior 3 months of practice, and another 17.4% (n=19) reported only 1-3 cases. Average comfort level for use of procedures that are new for obesity among attendees at the Skinny on New Weight Loss Techniques PG Course was 2.9/5 at 2016 post-meeting analysis, and 2.9/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.