CARDIOVASCULAR NUTRITION IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

该项目将开发和整合心血管营养 整个本科和研究生教育的课程 德克萨斯大学西南医学中心的医生们在 达拉斯，以及提供资源，教育医师助理 和饮食学专业的学生。 的重点 课程将始终使用国家指导方针，如 国家胆固醇教育计划和联合 国家预防、检测、评估和治疗委员会 高血压将制定和实施课程 通过负责教学的教师的合作努力， 三个层次：前两年的基础科学，后两年 多年的临床科学和初级保健住院医师。 支持 创新形式的材料，如计算机辅助教学， 基于问题的学习案例和标准化患者，将 开发项目成果评价将包括测试 通过多项选择题和行为测量获得知识 通过图表审核和客观的结构化临床检查 站的 过程评价将记录有助于 将营养学纳入课程。 长期目标是 培养那些经常解决营养和锻炼问题的毕业生， 心血管健康与患者。

This project will develop and integrate a cardiovascular nutrition curriculum throughout the undergraduate and graduate education of physicians at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, as well as provide resources for educating physician assistant and dietetic students in cardiovascular nutrition. The focus of the curriculum will be consistent use of national guidelines, such as guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education Program and the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. The curriculum will be developed and implemented through a collaborative effort of faculty responsible for teaching at three levels: the first two years of basic sciences, the second two years of clinical sciences, and the primary care residencies. Support materials in innovative formats, such as computer assisted instruction, problem based learning cases and standardized patients, will be developed. Outcome evaluation of the project will include testing of knowledge via multiple choice questions and measuring of behaviors through chart audits and objective structured clinical examination stations. Process evaluation will document the steps which contributed to integration of nutrition into the curriculum. The long term goal is to produce graduates who routinely address nutrition and exercise for cardiovascular health with their patients.