[Hospital system for Continuous Education in Food And Nutrition: its place within a nutritional, food and metabolic intervention program].
A design proposal for a HCEFN Hospital Continuous Education in Feeding and Nutrition, along with the educational intervention model developed and conducted at the "Hermanos Ameijieras" Hospital (Havana City, Cuba), and some of the results obtained after its implementation between 1997-2004, are presented in this article. The System design should include three levels of different and increasing complexity, depending on the level of knowledge, capabilities and aptitudes exhibited by hospital actors. The described system should also accommodate inter- and intra-disciplinary forms of education, learning and training aimed not only to increase the proficiency of actors in the recognition and treatment of hospital malnutrition, but also to foster group performance. The operation of a HCEFN at the hospital of the authors's affiliation has showed the feasibility of conducting such educational interventions oriented to foster Good Practices for Feeding and Nutrition of the hospitalized patients.
Santana Porbén
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Escuela de Medicina de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. gan@hha.sld.cu
Barreto Penié
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D005502:Food; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008660:Metabolism; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation