Integrating Cultural Awareness Practices into Medical School Nutrition Education with a Virtual Global Elective Course.

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Medical Science Educator Pub Date : 2025-02-01 eCollection Date: 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1007/s40670-025-02290-2

Matthew J Yee, Sean C McWatt, Cecilia Brassett, Dana A Stearns, Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Takeshi Sakurai, Mark Bittman, Richard J Deckelbaum, Carlos Faerron Guzman, Wahida Karmally, Geoffroy Noel, Anette Wu

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Abstract

Nutrition affects overall health, but comprehensive nutrition education is currently under-taught in medical schools. Even when available, nutrition courses rarely include global cultural perspectives. This paper describes a novel online, international, and interactive elective course for senior medical students to learn and review fundamental nutrition topics in cross-cultural contexts. From March to April 2023, students participated in synchronous large-group lectures and asynchronous small-group discussions with peers from across the world. Students demonstrated content-level knowledge and reported greater awareness of nutrition-related cultural perspectives. Thus, students were introduced to multiple dimensions of medicine crucial for holistic patient care but currently rarely combined in traditional curricula.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-025-02290-2.

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通过虚拟全球选修课程将文化意识实践融入医学院营养教育。

营养影响整体健康，但目前医学院缺乏全面的营养教育。即使有，营养学课程也很少包括全球文化视角。本文介绍了一门新颖的在线、国际和互动选修课程，供高年级医学生学习和回顾跨文化背景下的基础营养主题。从2023年3月到4月，学生们与来自世界各地的同龄人一起参加了同步的大小组讲座和异步的小组讨论。学生们展示了内容层面的知识，并报告了对营养相关文化观点的更大认识。因此，向学生介绍了医学的多个维度，这对整体病人护理至关重要，但目前很少在传统课程中结合。补充资料：在线版本提供补充资料，网址为10.1007/s40670-025-02290-2。

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Medical Science Educator Social Sciences-Education

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

11.80%

发文量

202

期刊介绍： Medical Science Educator is the successor of the journal JIAMSE. It is the peer-reviewed publication of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). The Journal offers all who teach in healthcare the most current information to succeed in their task by publishing scholarly activities, opinions, and resources in medical science education. Published articles focus on teaching the sciences fundamental to modern medicine and health, and include basic science education, clinical teaching, and the use of modern education technologies. The Journal provides the readership a better understanding of teaching and learning techniques in order to advance medical science education.