Kate Shafto1, Anuj Shah2, Jacob Smith3, Qi Wang4, Stephen Devries5, Mary Jo Kreitzer6, Frances Baxley7. 1. University of Minnesota Medical School, Hennepin Healthcare, Department of Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. 2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine, Chicago, IL. 3. Erie Family Health Center, Chicago IL | Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL. 4. Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 5. Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology, Deerfield, IL | Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. 6. Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing | School of Nursing, University of Minnesota. 7. Erie Family Health Center, Waukegan IL | Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest, IL.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nutrition is a foundation of health, yet there is a deficiency of nutrition training in graduate medical education. The purpose of this feasibility study was to assess the impact of a brief online clinical nutrition course on medical residents' knowledge and attitudes related to the role of nutrition in clinical practice. METHODS: Medical residents from two institutions took a 3-hour, online, self-paced and interactive clinical nutrition course that reviewed macronutrients, evidence-based dietary patterns, a rapid nutrition assessment, and motivational interviewing. We administered surveys of nutrition knowledge and attitudes at three time points: (1) just prior to taking the online course, (2) immediately following, and (3) 3 months after course completion. RESULTS: Seventy-six residents enrolled in the study and 47 (62%) completed the online course and postcourse surveys. For residents who completed the study, the summated nutrition knowledge scores assessed both immediately after taking the course and 3 months later showed significant improvement (P<.001). Three months after completing the course, residents were more likely to believe it was their role to personally provide detailed nutrition information to patients (P=.045) and to endorse the view that a healthy diet is important for self-care (P<.001). The estimated time residents spent counseling patients on nutrition did not change after the intervention. CONCLUSION: This feasibility study demonstrated the potential of a 3-hour, online, self-paced nutrition course administered to medical residents to result in a significant and sustained increase in nutrition knowledge and positive attitudes about the role of nutrition in clinical practice.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nutrition is a foundation of health, yet there is a deficiency of nutrition training in graduate medical education. The purpose of this feasibility study was to assess the impact of a brief online clinical nutrition course on medical residents' knowledge and attitudes related to the role of nutrition in clinical practice. METHODS: Medical residents from two institutions took a 3-hour, online, self-paced and interactive clinical nutrition course that reviewed macronutrients, evidence-based dietary patterns, a rapid nutrition assessment, and motivational interviewing. We administered surveys of nutrition knowledge and attitudes at three time points: (1) just prior to taking the online course, (2) immediately following, and (3) 3 months after course completion. RESULTS: Seventy-six residents enrolled in the study and 47 (62%) completed the online course and postcourse surveys. For residents who completed the study, the summated nutrition knowledge scores assessed both immediately after taking the course and 3 months later showed significant improvement (P<.001). Three months after completing the course, residents were more likely to believe it was their role to personally provide detailed nutrition information to patients (P=.045) and to endorse the view that a healthy diet is important for self-care (P<.001). The estimated time residents spent counseling patients on nutrition did not change after the intervention. CONCLUSION: This feasibility study demonstrated the potential of a 3-hour, online, self-paced nutrition course administered to medical residents to result in a significant and sustained increase in nutrition knowledge and positive attitudes about the role of nutrition in clinical practice.
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