Advancing Nutrition Training, and Research for Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, Attending Physicians and other Clinicians

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September 07, 2017
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September 08, 2017
Bethesda, MD

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In 1998-2005, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute for Digestive, Diabetes and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) introduced and funded the Nutrition Academic Award Program (NAA) among 21 medical schools to incorporate nutrition into their curricula. The NAA curricula objectives have been applied world-wide since that time, but there is a need to update and initiate novel objectives due to new nutrition knowledge and guidance since 2005. In addition, major changes in medical school curricula and new trends in medical education have altered the scope, approach, and content over these years, requiring further adjustments in the nutrition curricula. A 2012 NHLBI workshop recommended revision of the NAA curricula objectives and inclusion of new and emerging research topics to accompany the evolving curricula.

The purpose of this 2017 workshop was to convene an interdisciplinary team consisting of experts in nutrition, metabolism, medicine, and lifestyle to plan the process for updating the NAA objectives with the goal of supporting the work of medical educators, administrators, and researchers in teaching and training physicians and medical-care providers within the currently shifting models of medical education. The workshop is consistent with the NHLBI Strategic Vision Objectives, which include the need to develop, diversify, and sustain the scientific workforce and with the critical challenge “to develop curricula and resources for education of health-care workers in evidenced-based care”. The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements co-sponsored the workshop and many NIH staff served on the planning committee and participated in the workshop.

The workshop participants consisted of clinical and academic health professionals in a variety of fields such as pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, bioinformatics, nursing, dietetics and nutrition, and population health, as well as medical (allopathic and osteopathic) and dental school faculty, medical school deans and course directors, and directors of nutrition programs. In addition, there were representatives from various medical organizations, including those from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME®), the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Licensing Committee of Medical Education (LCME), the American Society for Nutrition- Medical Nutrition Council, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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