Development and Evaluation of a Nutrition-Centered Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum for Physician Assistant Students.
Culinary medicine
Lifestyle medicine
Medical nutrition education
Physician assistant students
Journal
Medical science educator
ISSN: 2156-8650
Titre abrégé: Med Sci Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101625548
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
entrez:
30
8
2021
pubmed:
6
12
2018
medline:
6
12
2018
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
US medical schools are increasingly integrating lifestyle medicine competencies into their academic programs. Yet, physician assistant (PA) academic programs have been slower to respond. We developed, implemented, and evaluated a nutrition-centered lifestyle medicine curriculum for 2nd-year PA students ( Students receiving the intervention demonstrated significantly higher gains in both knowledge and confidence for the 5A's of nutrition counseling compared to the control group. Self-reported knowledge and confidence for the 5A's of counseling for the other lifestyle behaviors similarly improved among the intervention group compared to the control group, but to a lesser extent. A nutrition-centered lifestyle medicine course can demonstrate PA academic program adherence to accreditation standards, while also introducing students to nutrition and lifestyle medicine competencies. Hands-on experiences that reinforce didactic instruction may maximize student knowledge and self-efficacy for implementing lifestyle medicine into their practice.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
US medical schools are increasingly integrating lifestyle medicine competencies into their academic programs. Yet, physician assistant (PA) academic programs have been slower to respond.
METHODS
METHODS
We developed, implemented, and evaluated a nutrition-centered lifestyle medicine curriculum for 2nd-year PA students (
RESULTS
RESULTS
Students receiving the intervention demonstrated significantly higher gains in both knowledge and confidence for the 5A's of nutrition counseling compared to the control group. Self-reported knowledge and confidence for the 5A's of counseling for the other lifestyle behaviors similarly improved among the intervention group compared to the control group, but to a lesser extent.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
A nutrition-centered lifestyle medicine course can demonstrate PA academic program adherence to accreditation standards, while also introducing students to nutrition and lifestyle medicine competencies. Hands-on experiences that reinforce didactic instruction may maximize student knowledge and self-efficacy for implementing lifestyle medicine into their practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34457464
doi: 10.1007/s40670-018-00655-4
pii: 655
pmc: PMC8368925
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
163-172Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of InterestOn behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
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