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Specialty residency training in medical nutrition education: History and proposal for improvement

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DeLegge, Mark Henry
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Alger-Mayer, Sharon A.
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van Way, Charles W.V.
 GL
Gramlich, Leah M.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Journal · Vol. 34 · Issue 6 SUPPL.
Abstract

Nutrition education among residents in training is at a critical juncture. There is a general lack of a unified curriculum, a lack of nutrition physician mentors, and a failure to properly train physicians about nutrition. In surveys, residents in training have acknowledged their minimal nutrition education. Published data and training experiences suggest the importance of creating physician mentors in nutrition who are embedded in residency training programs. The development of recurrent short-term nutrition credentialing courses and online nutrition tool kits is also thought to be important in future residency training. Copyright © 2010 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

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residency training Clinical nutrition Nutrition support

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human medical education Humans Internship and Residency Article curriculum education teacher Education, Medical nutritional science Nutritional Sciences specialization Mentors Education, Medical, Graduate Medicine
Author Affiliations
College of Medicine, Charleston, SC, United States, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, United States
Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Funding & Acknowledgements
No funding information
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