Cristina Cuerda1, Maurizio Muscaritoli2, Lorenzo Maria Donini3, Patrick Baqué4, Rocco Barazzoni5, Eugenio Gaudio6, Davor Jezek7, Zeljko Krznaric8, Matthias Pirlich9, Marco Schetgen10, Stephane Schneider11, Juan A Vargas12, André Van Gossum13. 1. Nutrition Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: cuerda.cristina@gmail.com. 2. Department of Translational and Precision Medicine (Formerly Department of Clinical Medicine), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 3. Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Unit, Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Experimental Medicine Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 4. School of Medicine, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Université Côté d'Azur, Nice, France. 5. Internal Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical, Health Sciences, Cattinara University Hospital, Trieste, Italy. 6. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 7. International Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. 8. University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. 9. Imperial Oak Outpatient Clinic, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & Clinical Nutrition, Berlin, Germany. 10. School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. 11. Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France. 12. School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 13. Department of Gastroenterology and Nutritional Support, Hopital Erasme and Institut Bordet, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nutrition education is necessary in the training of healthcare professionals, including medical students. However, recent surveys showed that there is a high variability within Medical Schools in different countries. The aim of this ESPEN position paper is to identify a minimum curriculum knowledge in nutrition that serves to improve the training of the future doctors and how to solve the main barriers of its implementation in university centres. METHODS: In 2017, the ESPEN Executive Committee launched the Nutrition Education in Medical Schools (NEMS) Project and formed a core working group including members of the ESPEN Nutrition Education Study Group (NESG) and representatives of several European Medical Schools. This group met in Brussels, on 19th July 2018 and decided to prepare a position paper on this topic. RESULTS: Five main learning objectives and twenty-one topics on human nutrition, within its three domains (basic, applied and clinical nutrition) were identified to be fulfilled at the end of training in all Medical Schools. The experts showed the following key factors for its implementation: establish a nutrition curriculum committee, use different models of integration of the contents in the curriculum (vertical and horizontal), have a multidisciplinary and experienced faculty, incorporate a variety of teaching models, and evaluate the programme periodically. CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition Education is necessary and should be mandatory in all Medical Schools. This position paper aims at improving this gap knowledge and gives some clues for a successful implementation of the changes in the medical curriculum at university centres.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nutrition education is necessary in the training of healthcare professionals, including medical students. However, recent surveys showed that there is a high variability within Medical Schools in different countries. The aim of this ESPEN position paper is to identify a minimum curriculum knowledge in nutrition that serves to improve the training of the future doctors and how to solve the main barriers of its implementation in university centres. METHODS: In 2017, the ESPEN Executive Committee launched the Nutrition Education in Medical Schools (NEMS) Project and formed a core working group including members of the ESPEN Nutrition Education Study Group (NESG) and representatives of several European Medical Schools. This group met in Brussels, on 19th July 2018 and decided to prepare a position paper on this topic. RESULTS: Five main learning objectives and twenty-one topics on human nutrition, within its three domains (basic, applied and clinical nutrition) were identified to be fulfilled at the end of training in all Medical Schools. The experts showed the following key factors for its implementation: establish a nutrition curriculum committee, use different models of integration of the contents in the curriculum (vertical and horizontal), have a multidisciplinary and experienced faculty, incorporate a variety of teaching models, and evaluate the programme periodically. CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition Education is necessary and should be mandatory in all Medical Schools. This position paper aims at improving this gap knowledge and gives some clues for a successful implementation of the changes in the medical curriculum at university centres.
Authors: Lotte E Vlug; Sjoerd C J Nagelkerke; Cora F Jonkers-Schuitema; Edmond H H M Rings; Merit M Tabbers Journal: Nutrients Date: 2020-01-08 Impact factor: 5.717
Authors: Josep Bassaganya-Riera; Elliot M Berry; Ellen E Blaak; Barbara Burlingame; Johannes le Coutre; Willem van Eden; Ahmed El-Sohemy; J Bruce German; Dietrich Knorr; Christophe Lacroix; Maurizio Muscaritoli; David C Nieman; Michael Rychlik; Andrew Scholey; Mauro Serafini Journal: Front Nutr Date: 2021-02-09