A profile of clinical nutrition knowledge among physicians and medical students.
The clinical nutritional knowledge of medical students and practicing physicians was assessed. Overall, nutrition knowledge was modest. However, there were substantial variations in knowledge among closely related topics. Knowledge often was highest among nutrition topics which have received the most publicity in the popular press. The nutrition knowledge profile suggests that medical students and physicians learn about nutrition haphazardly and are highly dependent for their knowledge on nonprofessional literature.
D004032:Diet; D004501:Education, Medical; D004521:Educational Measurement; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010820:Physicians; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires