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Teaching nutrition to medical students: a community‐based problem‐solving approach
Author(s) -
BHATTACHARJI SARA,
JOSEPH A.,
ABRAHAM S.,
MULIYIL J.,
JOHN K. R.,
ETHIRAJAN N.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02434.x
Subject(s) - anthropometry , medical education , malnutrition , community health , control (management) , medicine , psychology , public health , nursing , computer science , pathology , artificial intelligence
Summary. This paper presents a community‐based problem‐solving educational programme which aims at teaching medical and other health science students the importance of nutrition and its application. Through community surveys students assess the nutritional status of children under five using different anthropometric methods. They understand the cultural beliefs and customs related to food fads and the reasons for them. They also acquire the skill to educate the community using the information gathered. They use epidemiological methods such as case control study to find associations between mal‐nutrition and other causative factors. Feedback from students has been positive and evaluation of students' knowledge before and after the programme has shown significant improvement.