An interactive course program on nutrition for medical students: interdisciplinary development and mixed-methods evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition plays a crucial role in human and planetary health, as prevailing nutritional patterns significantly contribute to the global non-communicable disease pandemic. Moreover, the global food system is inextricably linked to planetary health deterioration. The relevance of nutrition for individual and planetary health is insufficiently addressed in German medical schools. Here, we present a two-week course for medical students in the 8th semester at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin on nutrition and fasting in the context of human and planetary health. The course was developed iteratively along the Kern cycle for medical curricula and underwent evaluation through a mixed-methods design spanning across two consecutive semesters. Assessment involved quantitative questionnaires and qu

SUBMITTER: Ngoumou GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11761204 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature