Nutrition as Medicine, Food Sensitivities, and Chronic Disease: a Mini Curriculum Shaped by Transformative Learning Theory.
Andrew J YanikDouglas McHughPublished in: Medical science educator (2019)
Nutrition-related diseases are preventable twenty-first-century health problems. Students report being underprepared for nutritional therapeutics. We developed a mini, spiral curriculum shaped by transformative learning theory and centered on nutrition as medicine, food sensitivities, and chronic disease to kick-start a shift in cognition, attitudes, and skills. Seven demographically representative students participated in the 3-week curriculum. Visual, textual, and verbal data were captured and analyzed qualitatively. We found the curriculum evoked paradigm transformation that persisted 6 months later and facilitated opportunities for our cohort to self-identify learning gaps and consider how they related to their current and future goals for patient care.
Keyphrases
- medical students
- quality improvement
- medical education
- mental health
- physical activity
- emergency medicine
- healthcare
- public health
- human health
- high school
- mild cognitive impairment
- electronic health record
- risk assessment
- clinical trial
- climate change
- emergency department
- current status
- white matter
- health information
- artificial intelligence
- drug induced