Nutrition education in medical school: the case of international medical students in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the knowledge on country-specific nutrition situation, perceptions of the nutrition curricula and factors influencing capacity to offer nutrition guidance among medical students studying internationally in China compared with their home-country counterparts.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Settings

China, Ghana, India and Montenegro.

Participants

International medical students in China and medical students studying in their home countries of Ghana, India and Montenegro.

Main measure

An online semistructured questionnaire was administered using WeChat for international students and Microsoft Forms for home-country medical students to assess students' perceived knowledge and significance of nutrition, knowledge of country-specific nutriti

SUBMITTER: Amakye WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7841843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature