| Knowledge
Objectives: Medical Students |
- List
at least three common barriers to dietary change, and identify
effective strategies for overcoming these barriers.
- Describe
common social, ethnic, cultural, and societal factors that
contribute to the prevalence of nutritional problems and
should be considered in their management.
- Explain
how to apply the Brief Counseling Model in the context of
patient nutrition management.
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| Knowledge
Objectives: Specialists |
- Compare
and contrast the efficacy of the three most commonly employed
behavioral approaches to nutrition counseling.
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Medical Students |
- Effectively
counsel patients, employing behavior theory principles and
specific effective counseling techniques including: goal
setting, barrier identification, problem solving, and relapse
prevention techniques, including self-monitoring, self-reinforcement,
and stimulus control.
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Residents |
- Assess
a patient's readiness for change and match the counseling
intervention to the patient’s current stage in the continuum
of change.
- Effectively
counsel patients to set realistic nutritional goals and
timelines for behavioral change.
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| Attitude
Objectives: All Learners |
- Demonstrate
a belief in his/her ability effectively to promote patient
behavior change.
- Recognize
the preeminence of the patient’s taking responsibility for
his/her own nutritional health.
- Recognize
the importance of enabling patients to believe in their
ability to change current behavior patterns.
- Demonstrate
a commitment to promote behavior change through establishing
the best possible physician-patient relationship.
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