"Images" of nutrition in medical education and primary care.
In this article I describe challenges to medical-nutrition educators and an opportunity provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges Medical School Objectives Project. Brief snapshots of nutrition education are given during the family medicine residency and through continuing medical education programming. An argument is made to provide education that focuses not on knowledge, but on confidence and skill in providing nutrition services to primary care patients. Medical-nutrition educators are challenged to share curriculum ideas and to explore ways to use technology to become a more effective community.
Kolasa
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Department of Family Medicine, the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. kolasaka@mail.ecu.edu
D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011320:Primary Health Care