Food for thought: a qualitative assessment of medical trainee and faculty perceptions of nutrition education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Society of Clinical Nutrition recommends 37 to 44 h of undergraduate medical nutrition education. The Total Health Curriculum at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) contains 14 h of objective-based nutritional instruction. This study aimed to examine the perceptions of key stakeholders regarding the role of nutrition in medicine and to identify barriers, opportunities for improvement, and roles/responsibilities for innovative implementation of nutrition education.

Methods

This exploratory, qualitative study employed a phenomenological approach and inductive coding process. Purposive sampling recruited medical students, undergraduate medical education (UME) faculty, physicians, and other healthcare professionals at GCSOM and affiliated cl

SUBMITTER: Kunitsky O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11684099 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature