scholarly journals Impact of an Online Nutrition Course to Address a Gap in Medical Education: A Feasibility Study

PRiMER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Shafto ◽  
Anuj Shah ◽  
Jacob Smith ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Stephen Devries ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Clinical Nutrition ◽  
Medical Residents ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Nutrition Course

Background and Objectives: Nutrition is a foundation of health, yet there is a deficiency of nutrition training in graduate medical education. The purpose of this feasibility study was to assess the impact of a brief online clinical nutrition course on medical residents’ knowledge and attitudes related to the role of nutrition in clinical practice. Methods: Medical residents from two institutions took a 3-hour, online, self-paced and interactive clinical nutrition course that reviewed macronutrients, evidence-based dietary patterns, a rapid nutrition assessment, and motivational interviewing. We administered surveys of nutrition knowledge and attitudes at three time points: (1) just prior to taking the online course, (2) immediately following, and (3) 3 months after course completion. Results: Seventy-six residents enrolled in the study and 47 (62%) completed the online course and postcourse surveys. For residents who completed the study, the summated nutrition knowledge scores assessed both immediately after taking the course and 3 months later showed significant improvement (P<.001). Three months after completing the course, residents were more likely to believe it was their role to personally provide detailed nutrition information to patients (P=.045) and to endorse the view that a healthy diet is important for self-care (P<.001). The estimated time residents spent counseling patients on nutrition did not change after the intervention. Conclusion: This feasibility study demonstrated the potential of a 3-hour, online, self-paced nutrition course administered to medical residents to result in a significant and sustained increase in nutrition knowledge and positive attitudes about the role of nutrition in clinical practice.

Nutrition Science for Health and Longevity: What Every Clinician Needs to Know

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Nutrition Science ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Nutrition Course ◽  
Solid Foundation

This online nutrition course for clinicians, approved for 4 hours of continuing medical education, is designed to provide a solid foundation of clinically relevant nutrition knowledge, and outlines practical strategies to incorporate nutritional counseling into a busy clinical practice. Course elements include: 1) Clickable links to more than 100 key references; 2) Sections on clinician self-care, fad diets, screening for patients with food insecurity, and motivational interviewing; 3) Over 20 immersive clinical scenarios; 4) Downloadable summaries of each section with key takeaways.

Is continuing medical education sufficient? Assessing the clinical nutrition knowledge of medical doctors

Nutrition ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria G. Grammatikopoulou ◽  
Areti Katsouda ◽  
Kyriaki Lekka ◽  
Kyriakos Tsantekidis ◽  
Emmanouil Bouras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Clinical Nutrition ◽  
Medical Doctors

Evaluation of the need for pharmacogenomics testing among physicians in the West Bank of Palestine

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazun Jarrar ◽  
Rami Musleh ◽  
Anas Hamdan ◽  
Mustafa Ghanim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
West Bank ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Interindividual Variation ◽  
Current Clinical Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
The West ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objectives Pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing optimizes pharmacotherapy and reduces interindividual variation in drug responses. However, it is still not implemented in clinical practice in the West Bank of Palestine (WBP). The aim of this study was to determine the need for PGx education and testing among physicians from different specialties in WBP. Methods This study used a cross-sectional survey that was administered to 381 physicians from different cities in WBP. The questionnaire consisted of 27 closed-ended questions that evaluate the exposure and attitude toward PGx education, the role of PGx testing in clinical practice, and the capabilities of physicians in PGx testing. Results It was found that exposure to PGx education is low, with most of the respondents (81.1%) answering that PGx was not an integral part of their medical education. The majority (>90%) of the participants agreed that PGx should be included in the medical school curriculum. It was also found that 58.5% of the participants agreed that PGx testing is relevant to their current clinical practice. In addition, most of the participant physicians (>60%) think that they are currently not capable of prescribing and making decisions for pharmacotherapy based on PGx testing. Conclusions It is concluded that there is a high need for PGx education and implementation in clinical practice in WBP. We recommend adding PGx courses to the curricula of medical schools and going forward with the implementation of PGx testing in clinical practice in WBP.

scholarly journals Clinical practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the context of the implementation of a competency-based approach to the organization of education of modern students

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Drohomyretska
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Medical Specialist ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Competency Based

The article shows the role of clinical practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the context of the implementation of a competency-based approach to the organization of education of modern students. The indisputable advantages of the orientation of the educational process onto the achievement of professional competencies for the training of competitive specialists with flexible practical-meaningful thinking are determined. Priority in the system of medical education is the development of new approaches, methods and forms of training in order to form readiness for the professional activity of a medical specialist. The efficiency of algorithmization and pedagogical potential of the case-method in the structure of clinical practice teaching is proved.  

Evaluation of the need for pharmacogenomics testing among physicians in the West Bank of Palestine

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-294
Author(s):  
Yazun Jarrar ◽  
Rami Musleh ◽  
Anas Hamdan ◽  
Mustafa Ghanim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
West Bank ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Interindividual Variation ◽  
Current Clinical Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
The West ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objectives Pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing optimizes pharmacotherapy and reduces interindividual variation in drug responses. However, it is still not implemented in clinical practice in the West Bank of Palestine (WBP). The aim of this study was to determine the need for PGx education and testing among physicians from different specialties in WBP. Methods This study used a cross-sectional survey that was administered to 381 physicians from different cities in WBP. The questionnaire consisted of 27 closed-ended questions that evaluate the exposure and attitude toward PGx education, the role of PGx testing in clinical practice, and the capabilities of physicians in PGx testing. Results It was found that exposure to PGx education is low, with most of the respondents (81.1%) answering that PGx was not an integral part of their medical education. The majority (>90%) of the participants agreed that PGx should be included in the medical school curriculum. It was also found that 58.5% of the participants agreed that PGx testing is relevant to their current clinical practice. In addition, most of the participant physicians (>60%) think that they are currently not capable of prescribing and making decisions for pharmacotherapy based on PGx testing. Conclusions It is concluded that there is a high need for PGx education and implementation in clinical practice in WBP. We recommend adding PGx courses to the curricula of medical schools and going forward with the implementation of PGx testing in clinical practice in WBP.

The miR-21 potential of serving as a biomarker for liver diseases in clinical practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 2295-2305
Author(s):  
Jiawei Zhang ◽  
Dandan Li ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Peng Gao ◽  
Rongxue Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Liver Diseases ◽  
Hepatic Disease ◽  
Noninvasive Detection ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Expected Performance ◽  
Potential Biomarker ◽  
Disease Condition ◽  
Complex Regulatory Network

The role of miR-21 in the pathogenesis of various liver diseases, together with the possibility of detecting microRNA in the circulation, makes miR-21 a potential biomarker for noninvasive detection. In this review, we summarize the potential utility of extracellular miR-21 in the clinical management of hepatic disease patients and compared it with the current clinical practice. MiR-21 shows screening and prognostic value for liver cancer. In liver cirrhosis, miR-21 may serve as a biomarker for the differentiating diagnosis and prognosis. MiR-21 is also a potential biomarker for the severity of hepatitis. We elucidate the disease condition under which miR-21 testing can reach the expected performance. Though miR-21 is a key regulator of liver diseases, microRNAs coordinate with each other in the complex regulatory network. As a result, the performance of miR-21 is better when combined with other microRNAs or classical biomarkers under certain clinical circumstances.

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