| Nutrition Principles provides a foundation
in concepts and principles of nutrition and dietetics for medical
students. |
Clinical Nutrition provides case-based instruction
to medical students in diseases and nutritional risk factors
that are usual in primary care practice.
Case List |
Advanced Clinical Nutrition provides case-based
instruction to medical students and residents in additional
diseases and nutritional risk factors.
Available in future.
Case List |
The Nutrition Project at SUMMIT has developed
two web-based nutrition courses and is currently developing
a second clinical course as part of the Curriculum Web Portal
and with a Nutrition Academic Award grant from the National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NIH). The preclinical portion
was approved as a required course to be completed by medical
students before they reach clinical study. The first clinical
course is required to be completed during the clinical years
and before graduation. The second clinical course (in development)
is intended to be an elective course. The audience for these
courses is primarily medical students at Stanford University
School of Medicine. The secondary audience includes Stanford
house staff, students in the Stanford/Foothill College Primary
Care Associate training program, and physicians using CME.
The overall goal of the courses for medical students is to
develop a basic understanding of the scientific principles
of nutrition, the role of nutrition intervention in patient
care, and the role of nutrition in the prevention of cardiovascular
diseases, obesity, and other chronic diseases in the general
population and in high risk populations. Areas of special focus
to be included in the course content are counseling techniques
for health behavior change, culture and gender differences
in attitude toward diet and dietary practices, and techniques
for accessing and evaluating nutrition information resources.
Students access course material by logging into course web
sites with a username and password. They are presented with
the unit listings and some basic instructions regarding the
material and the quizzes. Students can navigate through the
material linearly as presented or they can use the hyperlinks
to move through the material in a more exploratory way. Each
unit of material can be completed in a minimum of 30 minutes
of computer contact time. However, students can take much more
time if they choose to explore the links into other course
material and additional resources that are provided. The unit
quiz is available at any time. This allows them to test their
knowledge during the presentation of the material at their
own pace.
The interdisciplinary team that develops and maintains the
courses includes subject experts in nutrition, dietetics, and
biochemistry, physicians, an education specialist in testing
and evaluation, medical students with nutrition backgrounds,
research librarians, a content editor, and a web designer. |
