Nutrition education in the medical school curriculum: a review of the course content at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain

Schreiber, K R; Cunningham, Fiona

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“…36 Despite these calls to action, the presence of nutrition in medial curriculum has remained largely static across the country and trainees continue to report unsatisfactory nutrition training. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Doctors, therefore, consistently feel inadequately prepared Percentage of students and residents who agreed or strongly agreed with questions addressing patient's barriers to incorporating a whole-foods, plant-based (WFPB) diet into their lifestyle. Error bars reflect 95% confidence intervals.…”

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“…In the Curriculum section, the most common free text response regarding nutrition in medical school curriculum involved instruction on a WFPB diet as a component of a broad approach covering a variety of dietary patterns rather than the exclusive focus (12…”

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“…T he lack of adequate nutrition education in US medical schools and residency programs has been an area of concern for decades. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] In a survey 1 by the Nutrition in Medicine program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010, 103 of the 109 US medical schools surveyed required some sort of nutrition education, but this averaged 19.6 hours over the course of the first 2 years of the curriculum. In the same survey, 79% of schools indicated that their students needed more nutrition education than they were currently getting.…”

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A Place for Plant-Based Nutrition in US Medical School Curriculum: A Survey-Based Study

Morton

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Ziegler

et al. 2021

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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Purpose. To evaluate medical students’ and family medicine residents’ perceptions of their current degree of nutrition training in general and regarding a whole-foods, plant-based (WFPB) diet. Methods. An original survey instrument was administered to medical students and family medicine residents. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to evaluate perceptions of nutrition education in medical training, a WFPB diet, and ideas for nutrition-focused curricular reform. Results. Of the 668 trainees surveyed, 200 responded (response rate = 30%). Of these, 22% agreed that they received sufficient nutrition education in medical school and 41% agreed that a WFPB diet should be a focus. Respondents with personal experiences with a plant-based diet were more willing to recommend it to future patients. Common ideas for curricular reform were instruction on a WFPB diet along with other healthy dietary patterns, patient counseling, a dedicated nutrition course, and electives. Conclusions. Nutrition education in US medical training needs improvement to address the growing burden of obesity-related chronic disease. Proper nutrition and lifestyle modification should therefore play a larger role in the education of future physicians. A focus on plant-predominant diets, such as the WFPB diet, may be an acceptable and effective addition to current medical school curriculum, and deserves further study.

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A Place for Plant-Based Nutrition in US Medical School Curriculum: A Survey-Based Study

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Ziegler

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“…In the USA, the National Academy of Sciences recommends 25 minimum contact hours for nutrition education for medical students [25,26]. The American Society for Nutrition even recommends 44 minimum contact hours [27]. To our knowledge, such recommendations do not exist for Europe [22].…”

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Nutrition education on malnutrition in older adults in European medical schools: need for improvement?

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Purpose Malnutrition is a condition which is highly prevalent, especially in older persons. Physicians play an important role in multidisciplinary nutritional management, but often feel inadequately prepared to provide nutritional information/therapy to their patients. The aim of this study was to gather information on curricular content on malnutrition in older persons in basic study programs for medical doctors. Methods We selected a cross-sectional study design and used a Web-based online survey. We emailed the Web link to those persons responsible for curriculum development at 310 medical schools in 31 European countries. Results A total of 26 (8.4%) medical schools in 12 European countries completed the questionnaire. The topic of malnutrition in older adults was included as part of the medical students' curricula at 50.0% (13 out of 26) of the participating institutions. Most commonly topics taught in the institutions were causes of malnutrition (13, 50%), assessment of malnutrition (13, 50%) and consequences of malnutrition (12, 46.2%). The topic of malnutrition screening was addressed in nine (35%) of the institutions. Conclusions Based on our results, we strongly recommend including the topic of malnutrition in older adults in the undergraduate curricula of medical students in Europe. A special focus should be placed on multidisciplinary cooperation. Integrative teaching that targets all professional groups could be one option. Initiatives need to be carried out to create a higher level of awareness and promote improvements in nutrition education for medical doctors.

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“…The school's passing rate was 72.5% compared to the average scores of the quiz for the groups were 69.5 % and 74.2 % (based on 100%) respectively for the first and second-year students, which demonstrates somewhat mediocre nutritional knowledge. Schreiber and Cunningham [21] in their reviewed study of the teaching hours for the six years of training for The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain (RCSI-B stated that American physicians feel that they do not adequately receive training to provide nutritional counseling. Schreiber and Cunningham added that the number of teaching hours in American medical schools is falling below 15 hours of the 25-44 of the National Academy of Sciences and nutritional education recommended hours.…”

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The Lack of Nutritional Competency among the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students: A Systematic Review

James

2023

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Objective: This systematic review addressed the effects of the competency level of medical students, physicians, and practitioners in nutrition education for optimum patient care. It also addresses the perceived inadequate didactic contact hours of nutrition education. Method: There were 55 studies selected, and 25 were used for this review including quantitative and qualitative studies. The data were divided into four groups: quantitative data, qualitative data, reports, and news articles. The categorization of the literature was as follows: 17 quantitative, 2 qualitative, 4 news articles, 1 manual, and 1 symposium report. These were evaluated to produce a credible qualitative meta-analysis of available data. Data Sources: The systematic review used databases and citation indexes including Embosses, PubMed, JAMA Network, Medline, Elsevier, and Oxford Academics, these include journals, reports of Symposiums, and news articles to ascertain evidence-based data Results: The findings of this review revealed the significant effect inadequate contact nutrition education has on the competency level of medical students, physicians, and practitioners. Limitations: Limitations of this review include several external factors. Although universities are expected to implement approximately 44 hours of nutrition education for the competency level of medical students and physicians during their tenure, this may not be the case at all schools. Many offer only 15-25 didactics hours. In addition, in some cases, the comparisons are not equal but the researcher was unable to establish the hours and a basic curriculum structure.

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Nutrition education in the medical school curriculum: a review of the course content at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

A Place for Plant-Based Nutrition in US Medical School Curriculum: A Survey-Based Study

A Place for Plant-Based Nutrition in US Medical School Curriculum: A Survey-Based Study

Nutrition education on malnutrition in older adults in European medical schools: need for improvement?

The Lack of Nutritional Competency among the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students: A Systematic Review

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