Physicians' knowledge of drug-nutrient interactions may be improved by including nutrition education in the topics taught by physicians, nutritionists, and pharmacists using several educational strategies. Nutrition educators in particular can play a role in curriculum development about drug-nutrient interactions by developing, refining, and evaluating materials and educational tools. Nutrition educators need to provide this information in academic settings for the training of all health professionals as well as in patient education settings such as hospitals and public health clinics.
Both the family medicine and the internal medicine residents were significantly more confident in managing all aspects of hypertension than in managing alcoholism, and they reported significantly greater frequency in utilizing appropriate clinical behaviors for hypertension than for alcoholism.
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