Abstract
Poor nutrition is widely recognised as one of the key modifiable risks to health and life, with doctors in an ideal position to recognise when suboptimal nutrition is impacting on their patients’ health and provide them with advice and support to create sustainable and achievable diet and lifestyle modifications. However, it has been acknowledged that nutrition training within medical schools is extremely varied, and in many cases inadequate. The Association for Nutrition UK Undergraduate Curriculum in Nutrition for Medical Doctors provides medical schools with guidance on what should be included in the training of all medical students. This paper discusses three key ways in which medical schools can support the implementation of nutrition into their teaching; incorporating nutrition within the core medical curriculum teaching, the use of subject specific experts to support and deliver nutrition training, and the inclusion of nutrition within formal assessment so as to reinforce and cement learnings into practical, applicable actions and advice.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 422-427 |
| Journal | Frontline Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 13 Jun 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article has been accepted for publication in Frontline Gastroenterology, 2023 following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2022-102089. This accepted manuscript version is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/].Keywords
- NUTRITION