Show Me Your Objectives: Nutrition Education in a US Medical School Curriclum

This project surveyed nutrition education objectives within a US medical school during 1 year followed by informal interviews of faculty aimed toward improvement in the curriculum. A survey tool was created using the list of competencies in Table 1 of "Nutrition Competencies for Graduating Medical Students" from the Nutrition in Medicine project. Out of 61 competencies, at least one was covered in 16 of 26 (62%) courses by survey of objectives. Additional content in nutrition education was identified for 4/16 (25%) of these courses through follow-up faculty interviews. Findings were discussed with three key curricular groups.
The study results highlighted the importance of accurately publishing objectives to fully reflect course content.

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