DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGITUDINAL NUTRITION CURRICULUM

描述（改编自摘要） 德克萨斯大学休斯顿医学院（UTMSH） 与德克萨斯大学医学分支（UTMB）在加尔维斯顿提出， 制定和实施一项纵向和基于个案的营养 课程，跨越四年的医学院教育和 居住计划。 调查人员建议在这两所学校进行整合， 总体营养框架，更具体地说， 心血管疾病、中风、糖尿病、肥胖和体力活动， 从医学院的第一年到第二年， 高级内务参谋，目标是将营养纳入 医生的培训和最终他们的实践模式。 具体 营养能力、教学活动和学习成果将 在第一年制定并逐步纳入现有课程 从2001届新生开始 学生的营养知识， 态度和临床技能将定期进行评估 在四年中;学生焦点小组将评估 教学活动的有效性。 具体目标是：1） 制定，实施和评估高质量的营养课程， 现有的医学课程和住院医师计划，使用创新的网络， 基于模块，基于问题的学习（PBL）和小组讨论; 2） 继续与预防医学部合作， UTMB社区卫生，用于传播和纳入营养模块 和PBL病例纳入他们的医学课程和住院医师计划; 3） 向其他人传播营养和疾病预防方面的培训单元 卫生保健专业学校;和4）提供研究机会， 关注饮食和生活方式的文化影响的医学生 疾病风险因素以及慢性 疾病在休斯敦，得克萨斯州东南部的种族多样化地区， 得克萨斯州和墨西哥边境。

DESCRIPTION (adapted from abstract) The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTMSH) in collaboration with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston proposes the development and implementation of a longitudinal and case-based nutrition curriculum that spans the four years of medical school education and the residency programs. The investigators propose to integrate at both schools a nutrition framework in general, and more specifically focusing on cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and physical activity, into multiple levels of physician training from the first year of medical school to senior house staff officers, with the goal of incorporating nutrition into the training of physicians and ultimately their practice patterns. Specific nutrition competencies, instructional activities, and learning outcomes will be developed during the first year and phased into the existing curriculum beginning with the entering class of 2001. Students' nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and clinical skills will be evaluated at regular intervals throughout the four years; student focus groups will evaluate the effectiveness of instructional activities. The specific aims are to: 1) develop, implement, and evaluate a high quality nutrition curriculum within the existing medical curriculum and residency programs using innovative web- based modules, problem based learning (PBL), and small group discussions; 2) continue collaboration with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at UTMB for dissemination and inclusion of nutrition modules and PBL cases into their medical curriculum and residency programs; 3) disseminate training modules in nutrition and disease prevention to other health care professional schools; and 4) provide research opportunities for medical students that focus on the cultural impact of diet and lifestyle factors on disease risk as well as prevention and management of chronic disease in the ethnically diverse areas of Houston, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Mexico border.