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  • Title: An integrated nutrition curriculum in medical education.
    Author: Thomson CA, Taren D, Koff N, Marian M, Canfield L, Bassford T, Ritenbaugh C.
    Journal: J Cancer Educ; 2000; 15(3):127-9. PubMed ID: 11019756.
    Abstract:
    R25 grant support from the NIH/NCI enabled the University of Arizona to assess nutrition education, develop and evaluate specific course content, and move toward comprehensive prevention-based nutrition education in 1991-1997. Hours of nutrition education increased to 115% over baseline, and students indicated greater satisfaction with the amount of nutrition instruction they received. Especially valuable was a course in prenatal and infant nutrition that paired each student with a pregnant patient. After the grant support ended, nutrition began to be crowded out of the curriculum by other, more traditional, topics, but a 57% gain over baseline was sustained. External support for nutrition education is urgently needed.
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