Student Perceptions of Nutrition Education at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine: A Resource Challenged Institution

Hardman, W. Elaine; Miller, Bobby; Shah, Darshana T.

doi:10.1155/2015/675197

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“…Furthermore, students wanted to understand how their early years teaching lends itself to clinical work in later years. This is similar to the findings of Hardman et al (2015) and Mogre et al (2018).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It is not intended that the findings represent the general opinion of all medical students. However, this study illustrates the student experience of nutrition education, which is similar to those from other institutions in Ghana, Australia, and the USA (Hardman, Miller and Shah, 2015;Perlstein et al, 2016;Mogre et al, 2018). These findings add to the current body of literature on medical nutrition education from a Scottish perspective.…”

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confidence: 77%

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Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice [Version 2]

Lennon¹,

Muir²

2020

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In response to reviewers' comments, amendments to this article include clarifying parts of the methods, including the reason for choosing the case study design. Changes were made to the results, including reviewing the themes, providing participants' quotes with identity codes, and adding a table to give the reader an example of how the document analysis and interview findings were compared. We also provided additional definitions of UK-centric terms in text.

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Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice [Version 2]

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2020

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“…The medical students in this study agreed with those in Hardman et al [19] that (1) preventive health and nutrition education is part of the physicians' job regardless of specialty, (2) nutrition counseling is an important part of patient interaction and can effectively influence patients to make healthy, effective lifestyle choices, and (3) that physicians are not adequately trained to advise patients in nutritional choices. Third-and fourth-year students were dissatisfied with the quality and quantity of their nutrition education, and wanted more time dedicated specifically to nutrition, as well as more integration of nutrition content into the new curriculum that is organ-system based and has no nutrition hours.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Two surveys, one designed for first-and second-year medical students (Table 1 in Appendix) and the other for thirdand fourth-year medical students (Table 2 in Appendix), were derived from validated questionnaires previously published by Walsh et al and Hardman et al [18,19]. Both surveys gathered information on demographics, opinions about the current nutrition instruction, and students' interest in a clinical nutrition elective supplemented by culinary medicine workshops and the delivery preference for such an elective.…”

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A Suggested Strategy to Integrate an Elective on Clinical Nutrition with Culinary Medicine

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Time allocated to nutrition education in the medical school curriculum stands in contrast to high mortality rates attributable to poor diet in patients. Counseling patients on nutrition-related diseases is a critical skill for physicians, particularly those entering primary care. The crowded medical school curriculum has made adding hours of nutrition instruction difficult. This study evaluates the attitudes of undergraduate medical students at a single institution regarding the need for and relevance of nutrition education and reports on organization of and students’ responses to a short experimental elective. Student attitudes regarding nutrition in medicine and a proposed nutrition elective were surveyed. Results helped formulate a short experimental elective. A two-session experimental course was completed, after which the participants were surveyed. Students agreed or strongly agreed with statements regarding the importance of nutrition in clinical practice. Greater than 60% of students surveyed in each class were interested in the proposed elective. All participants found the elective with culinary medicine sessions at least moderately useful to their needs as future healthcare providers. The majority of participants (more than 93%) reported being likely to both take and recommend the elective should it be offered in the future. Medical students consider nutrition an essential aspect of a patient encounter, but do not feel prepared to counsel future patients on dietary changes for management and/or prevention of nutrition linked diseases. There is strong student support for creating an elective in clinical nutrition with culinary medicine sessions to address the gap in their education and improve their confidence.

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Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice

Lennon¹,

Muir²

2020

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Background: Due to the rising rates of malnutrition, which can adversely affect health, doctors must be competent in addressing nutrition concerns in practice. This study explored medical students' perceptions and confidence in applying nutrition principles in practice: nutrition assessment, patient counselling, and interventions. Methods: A small scale exploratory case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with eight undergraduate medical students. An inductive thematic analysis was carried out. Documentary analysis was completed using policy and Medical School curriculum documents to review nutrition-related text in terms of the learning outcomes for nutrition education. Results: The findings highlight aspects which influenced students' nutrition practice for patient assessment and intervention: students' experience of nutrition both in education and practice, roles, importance of nutrition, concerns regarding application, barriers, and nutrition theme teaching. Documentary analysis results showed that the General Medical Council (GMC) and Dundee Medical School curriculum addressed higher level learning outcomes but students felt they were not achieving them. Conclusions: This study identifies factors which contribute to students' confidence in applying nutrition principles in practice with particular emphasis on nutrition curriculum and managing nutrition concerns in practice. It offers suggestion for curriculum review and development.

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Student Perceptions of Nutrition Education at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine: A Resource Challenged Institution

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice [Version 2]

Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice [Version 2]

A Suggested Strategy to Integrate an Elective on Clinical Nutrition with Culinary Medicine

Medical students’ perceptions and confidence in their ability to apply nutrition principles in clinical practice

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