Tóm tắt
The “no controversy” status of the important role of nutrition in maintaining good health and disease management is becoming a gold standard in medical practice. Medical schools in developed countries and some in developing countries are beginning to renew interest in nutrition education for medical professionals. Despite difficulties envisaged in modifying the medical school curricula, it is inevitable that medical professionals need some basic nutrition knowledge appropriate for medical counselling in disease prevention and management. Cost effectiveness in providing health care services is now an important policy tool, which emphasizes preventive medical care. This is dependent on good nutrition education, which informs not only on food but healthcare and good environment. This article examines the need for nutrition education in medical schools, approaches that can be used to introduce nutrition education, using the available information from medical schools that have already integrated nutrition into their medical education curricula. It also identifies some of the barriers and strategies to overcome including specific actions for nutrition educators or whoever may be saddled with the responsibilities for initiating the development of nutrition curriculum for medical education.
Keywords: Nutrition science education; medical training curriculum
Résumé
L’importance de la nutrition dans la maintenance de la santé et le ménagement des soins de la maladie est devenu un principe standard en médecine pratique. Les écoles de médecine dans les pays sous développés et développés ont commence a renouveler l’intérêt sur l’éducation nutritive pour les personnels médicaux. Cependant les difficultés envisagées pour modifier le curriculum médical, il est inévitable que les personnels de santé ont besoin de quelques connaissances de base appropriée en nutrition pour apporter les conseilles médicaux dans la prévention et les
soins de santé. L’efficacité dans ces soins primaires est un imp ortant outil politique s appuyant sur les soins préventifs. Ceci dépend d’une bonne éducation nutritive qui informe et apporte des soins de santé et de l’environnement. Cet article examine le besoin de la santé nutritive dans les écoles de médecine, les approches utilisées pour l’intégration de la nutrition dans les curriculums. Certains problèmes ont été identifiés et pour combattre les stratégies actions spécifiques pour les nutritionnistes ou l’initiation des responsabilités pour le développement d un curriculum pour une éducation médicale effective.
Correspondence: Dr. O.E. Oyewole, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: oyewole2002@yahoo.com
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