Nutrition education in medical schools (NEMS) project: Promoting clinical nutrition in medical schools – Perspectives from different actors

Cuerda C., Muscaritoli M., Chourdakis M., Krznaric Z., Archodoulakis A., Gürbüz S., ...More

Clinical Nutrition, vol.42, no.1, pp.54-59, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Editorial Material
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.11.003
  • Journal Name: Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.54-59
  • Keywords: Human nutrition, Clinical nutrition, Education, Medical school, Curriculum, Teaching, ESPEN, MALNUTRITION, PERCEPTIONS, KNOWLEDGE
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2022 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and MetabolismBackground & aims: Nutrition education is not adequately represented in the medical curriculum, and this prompted the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) to launch the Nutrition Education in Medical Schools (NEMS) Project in 2017. The aim of this original paper was to describe the perspectives of different actors in the promotion of nutrition education in medical schools. Methods: On 11 November 2021, an online meeting was held on this topic, where nine representatives from different backgrounds participated in the scientific programme. More than 640 participants registered to this webinar. Results: The different models of Nutrition Education in Medical Schools were introduced by Prof. Cristina Cuerda (Spain) and Prof. Maurizio Muscaritoli (Italy). The students' perspective was given by Ms. Alexandra Archodoulakis (Germany) and Ms. Sila Gürbüz (Turkey), representing the European Medical Students' Association. The dietitian's perspective was given by Dr. Kirsten Berk (The Netherlands), whereas Dr. Matti Aapro (Switzerland) gave the medical doctor (oncology)'s perspective. Ms. Clare Farrand (Australia) gave the WHO perspective and Dr. Kristiina Patja (Finland) explained the healthy lifestyle teaching to medical students. Lastly, Prof. Michael Chourdakis (Greece) and Prof. Zeljko Krznaric (Croatia) hosted the round-table discussion. Conclusions: There was strong agreement among the representatives from different settings joining this ESPEN initiative that increasing nutritional knowledge and skills of young doctors is now possible and will launch a virtuous cycle that will proactively involve all the other healthcare professionals working in the nutritional field.