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Specialty Residency Training in Medical Nutrition Education
Author(s) -
DeLegge Mark H.,
AlgerMayer Sharon,
Van Way Charles W.,
Gramlich Leah
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607110378017
Subject(s) - specialty , medicine , training (meteorology) , medical education , curriculum , credentialing , nutrition education , residency training , clinical nutrition , graduate medical education , family medicine , gerontology , psychology , continuing education , pedagogy , accreditation , physics , meteorology
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. Pub‐ lished 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.