Nutrition Education on the Wards: A Self-Study Module for Improving Medical Student Knowledge of Nutrition Assessment and Interventions

Introduction Nutrition plays a key role in the prevention and treatment of disease. Hospitalized patients are often malnourished, which is a major contributor to medical complications, decreased quality of life, lengthened medical stay, increased health care costs, and mortality. However, medical st...

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Autores principales:	Barbara Dutra, Matthew Lissauer, Hanin Rashid
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Publicado:	Association of American Medical Colleges 2020
Materias:	Nutrition Inpatient Nutrition Support Enteral Parenteral Malnutrition Medicine (General) R5-920 Education L
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:65707850b2eb4a0a85f81548224369702021-11-19T14:46:23ZNutrition Education on the Wards: A Self-Study Module for Improving Medical Student Knowledge of Nutrition Assessment and Interventions10.15766/mep_2374-8265.109682374-8265https://doaj.org/article/65707850b2eb4a0a85f81548224369702020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10968https://doaj.org/toc/2374-8265Introduction Nutrition plays a key role in the prevention and treatment of disease. Hospitalized patients are often malnourished, which is a major contributor to medical complications, decreased quality of life, lengthened medical stay, increased health care costs, and mortality. However, medical students continue to have inadequate education in nutrition and report feeling poorly trained in nutrition. We proposed an online module that could be used by medical students as a self-study activity to learn about key signs for the diagnosis of malnutrition and the nutrition interventions available in the hospital setting. Methods Third- and fourth-year medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in medicine, surgery, and critical care clerkships were given access to an online nutrition education module discussing the signs of malnutrition in hospitalized patients and the interventions available in the inpatient setting. A premodule and postmodule survey was given via email at the beginning and at the end of the clerkship. A one-sample t test was used to assess the relationship between the mean scores of the pre- and postmodule surveys. Results One hundred nine out of 255 students responded to the premodule survey. Thirty-two students completed the module and postmodule survey. There was a significant difference in mean scores between students who completed the module and postmodule survey compared to the overall student population prior to having access to the module. Discussion Medical students have limited training in nutrition education, and our findings show that a self-study online module can improve students' knowledge.Barbara DutraMatthew LissauerHanin RashidAssociation of American Medical CollegesarticleNutritionInpatientNutrition SupportEnteralParenteralMalnutritionMedicine (General)R5-920EducationLENMedEdPORTAL, Vol 16 (2020)
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description	Introduction Nutrition plays a key role in the prevention and treatment of disease. Hospitalized patients are often malnourished, which is a major contributor to medical complications, decreased quality of life, lengthened medical stay, increased health care costs, and mortality. However, medical students continue to have inadequate education in nutrition and report feeling poorly trained in nutrition. We proposed an online module that could be used by medical students as a self-study activity to learn about key signs for the diagnosis of malnutrition and the nutrition interventions available in the hospital setting. Methods Third- and fourth-year medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in medicine, surgery, and critical care clerkships were given access to an online nutrition education module discussing the signs of malnutrition in hospitalized patients and the interventions available in the inpatient setting. A premodule and postmodule survey was given via email at the beginning and at the end of the clerkship. A one-sample t test was used to assess the relationship between the mean scores of the pre- and postmodule surveys. Results One hundred nine out of 255 students responded to the premodule survey. Thirty-two students completed the module and postmodule survey. There was a significant difference in mean scores between students who completed the module and postmodule survey compared to the overall student population prior to having access to the module. Discussion Medical students have limited training in nutrition education, and our findings show that a self-study online module can improve students' knowledge.
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title_short	Nutrition Education on the Wards: A Self-Study Module for Improving Medical Student Knowledge of Nutrition Assessment and Interventions
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Nutrition Education on the Wards: A Self-Study Module for Improving Medical Student Knowledge of Nutrition Assessment and Interventions

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