Self-reported nutrition proficiency is positively correlated with the perceived quality of nutrition training of family physicians in Washington State

Abstract

The examination of correlations between perceived quality of education and self-reported proficiency may be a useful gauge of effectiveness of nutrition training in medicine. Prioritization of nutrition information based on proficiency levels, including information on complementary and alternative medicines and nutritional management of disease, merits further investigation.

What Do Resident Physicians Know about Nutrition? An Evaluation of Attitudes, Self-Perceived Proficiency and Knowledge

“…However, they did feel proficient in more general lifestyle topics, such as counseling patients on the benefits of exercise and the impact of alcohol consumption on health and disease. Similar findings were reported by Mihalnyuk [15]. Proficiency scores were significantly lower for specific topics as opposed to general nutrition.…”

“…Nutritional attitudes were assessed using the previously validated Nutrition In Patient care Survey (NIPS) [14]. A validated survey developed by Mihalynuk [15] was used to evaluate self-perceived proficiency in nutrition. Possible responses ranged from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree" on a five-point Likert scale.…”

Providing Nutrition Care to Patients with Chronic Disease: An Irish Teaching Hospital Healthcare Professional Study

“…These results mirror those found elsewhere with healthcare professionals worldwide reporting an interest in and an awareness of the importance of nutrition in this setting [12,13,31,32].…”

“…Previous work has highlighted a lack of competency around providing nutrition advice in HCPs [8][9][10]; however positive attitudes towards the importance of nutrition care are well documented in this group [11][12][13]. The aim of this study is to document and compare Irish HCPs self-perceived competency towards incorporating nutrition care into dayto-day clinical practice and patient care.…”

Adequacy of Medical and Surgical Residents' Nutritional Education

“…The questionnaire covered personal status, self-esteem, nutritional practice, and a general nutrition test with 20 standardized questions. The part on the personal evaluation and nutrition practice were extracted from the questionnaire validated in "Nutrition in Patient Care Survey (NIPS)" developed by Mihalynuk (2003). The test of knowledge in nutrition was adapted from the test prepared by Vetter (2008) [32,33].…”