Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-03-05DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70001
Janica Jamieson, Claire Palermo, Margaret Hay, Simone Gibson
{"title":"Assessment practices for dietetic students: An updated systematic review (2017-2024).","authors":"Janica Jamieson, Claire Palermo, Margaret Hay, Simone Gibson","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Evaluate assessment practices and outcomes for dietetic students and compare findings with those from a previous systematic review.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review was conducted whereby four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cumulative Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Education Resources Information Centre) were searched on 11 October 2023 with terms related to dietetics, students, and assessment. The search was repeated on 8 January 2025 to identify new publications. Eligibility criteria were primary research published after 1 June 2017 reporting at least one assessment method for dietetic students with an assessment-related outcome. Assessment practices and outcomes were evaluated using Miller's Pyramid, the New World Kirkpatrick's Hierarchy, and the principles of programmatic assessment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 5701 search results, 22 were identified, revealing new assessment practices, including entrustable professional activities, e-portfolios, and programmatic assessment, localised to Australia and Singapore. Compared to publications prior to 2017, a greater proportion conceptualised assessment as part of a system (46% compared to 28%) with a sustained higher prevalence of does and shows levels of Miller's Pyramid. Evaluation continued to focus on reaction, learning, and behaviour.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings indicate a transition towards programmatic approaches to systems of assessment within dietetics, though this shift was not observed globally. Such a shift is crucial for ensuring the profession's agility in responding to modern disruptors and maintaining the delivery of high-quality education.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"467-486"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12583895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143567816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70004
Ryan Surace, Claire Palermo, Judi Porter
{"title":"Factors influencing the incorporation of Entrustable Professional Activities into assessment in nutrition and dietetics education: A systematic review.","authors":"Ryan Surace, Claire Palermo, Judi Porter","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70004","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to identify and synthesise the evidence on factors influencing the incorporation of Entrustable Professional Activities into assessment in nutrition and dietetics education.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review was conducted with a narrative synthesis and was undertaken and reported in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Six electronic databases were searched (MEDLINE, CINAHL, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and EMBASE) on 9 September 2024. Methodological quality was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program checklists. Key patterns identified from the narrative synthesis of the included manuscripts were labelled as themes and represented in a figure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across the international literature, six articles were identified revealing six main and interconnected themes related to factors influencing the incorporation of Entrustable Professional Activities in nutrition and dietetics. In summary, development and review processes for Entrustable Professional Activities require key stakeholder engagement in addition to ensuring they are linked to assessment structures and existing frameworks. Furthermore, technology platforms and applications appeared to support Entrustable Professional Activity incorporation, and training is an important part of integration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Further research on factors influencing incorporation is occurring and is suggested to continue, especially given Entrustable Professional Activities seemingly offer a tangible option to simplify the intricacy of competency-based assessment in work-based practice. However, further research to enhance understanding of whether Entrustable Professional Activities support nutrition and dietetics learners and assessors in undertaking high-quality assessment with utility is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"487-500"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12583903/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of financial stress on health, wellbeing and food insecurity among student dietitians on unpaid mandatory student placements.","authors":"Jarrah Manning, Rebecca Heins, Kelly Lambert, Natalie Nicholls, Gabrielle O'Flynn, Karen Walton, Anne-Therese McMahon","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70035","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Unpaid mandatory student placements are common among allied health disciplines. This qualitative study aimed to specifically explore the student dietitian experiences of and perspective on financial stress and food insecurity during unpaid mandatory student placements as well as describe any related impacts on their health and wellbeing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with student dietitians living in Australia and New Zealand. Participants had self-nominated for interviews from a larger interprofessional mixed method study on student placement poverty. Inductive thematic analysis involving coding, categorisation, theme development and refinement was used to generate themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 11 interviews were undertaken. Most students were female, studying full-time and living in Queensland, New South Wales and New Zealand. All students had undertaken at least one unpaid placement. Thematic analysis of the student experience of placement generated five key themes and 18 subthemes. The key themes were (1) Overall Wellbeing on Placement, (2) Financial Security, (3) Social Support, (4) Income Sources and (5) Course Structure. Overall, unpaid placements had a significant impact on the ability of students to maintain their overall wellbeing whilst on placement. This included impacts on financial security. There was noted to be substantial cognitive dissonance between high levels of nutrition knowledge and the inability to maintain their own food security.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings highlight that unpaid mandatory student placements (especially those requiring full-time attendance) represent a major challenge for student dietitians, with implications for student physical and mental wellbeing and future diversity within the profession of dietetics.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"561-576"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12583893/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144963279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70008
Mikeeley Hoch, Ingrid Hickman, Thomas O'Rourke, Nick Butler, Ra'eesa Doola
{"title":"Perioperative nutritional practices and associations with delayed gastric emptying in patients undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy: A retrospective observational study.","authors":"Mikeeley Hoch, Ingrid Hickman, Thomas O'Rourke, Nick Butler, Ra'eesa Doola","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70008","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Delayed gastric emptying is a common complication of a pancreaticoduodenectomy and can adversely impact nutritional status, and potentially clinical outcomes due to delays in nutrition initiation post-operatively. The aim of this study was to explore associations between delayed gastric emptying and patient baseline characteristics, early post-operative nutritional status, post-operative nutritional practices and clinical outcomes in a tertiary Australian hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective, observational study of 80 consecutive patients who underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy between January 2019 and June 2022. Delayed gastric emptying was classified according to the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery definition. Continuous variables were compared using the independent t test, and categorical variables were compared using chi-squared or Fisher's exact test. Significant variables were included in a multivariable model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The incidence of delayed gastric emptying within this cohort was 45% (36/80) and was higher in males compared to females (p = 0.025). Early post-operative nutritional status was not significantly associated with delayed gastric emptying (p = 0.124). Patients with delayed gastric emptying had a higher incidence of post-operative pancreatic fistula (p = 0.03) and Clavien-Dindo complications ≥3 (p = 0.011). Delayed gastric emptying was associated with greater usage of enteral (p < 0.001) and parenteral nutrition (p < 0.001), a longer length of stay (p < 0.001) and increased re-admissions (p = 0.014). Male sex remained significantly associated with delayed gastric emptying following regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Delayed gastric emptying rates were high, associated with greater use of artificial nutrition and worse outcomes in our patient population post-operatively. Early post-operative malnutrition was not significantly associated with delayed gastric emptying.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"403-411"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143649790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-05-20DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70019
Joanna Popiolek-Kalisz, Matthew Hollings, Piotr Blaszczak
{"title":"Nutritional risk score predicts the length of stay in patients undergoing coronary angiography.","authors":"Joanna Popiolek-Kalisz, Matthew Hollings, Piotr Blaszczak","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70019","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Nutritional status is a factor that impacts the clinical outcomes of various medical conditions, including cardiovascular disease and surgical procedures; however, little is known about its role in percutaneous procedures. This study aimed to assess the association between nutritional status and risk in patients undergoing coronary angiography and in-hospital mortality and length of stay to improve risk stratification and peri-procedural care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who underwent coronary angiography between January 2022 and August 2023. Nutritional status was assessed with body mass index, and nutritional risk was assessed with the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 score. Multivariate regression models assessed independent predictors of in-hospital mortality, adjusting for age, sex, coronary event, Canadian Cardiovascular Society class, and cardiac arrest at admission. Subgroup analyses were performed based on coronary event type to evaluate whether the associations differed across clinical presentations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients who underwent angiography (n = 1343) were aged 69.2 ± 11.1 years, 51% male, and 49% had acute coronary syndrome. The mean length of stay at the hospital was 4.5 ± 4.8 days; 38% of patients stayed ≥5 days. The in-hospital mortality rate was 1.3%. Regression analyses revealed that the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 score independently predicted the length of stay (β = 0.63, p = 0.002), and this relationship was strongest in the non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction subgroup (β = 1.26, p = 0.02). Body mass index did not predict the length of stay. There was no significant relationship between in-hospital mortality and body mass index or the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 score.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nutritional risk significantly predicts the length of stay after coronary angiography, independent of age, sex, and coronary event type. Clinicians should consider routine nutritional risk assessment preceding coronary angiography to help individualise post-procedure, in-hospital care.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"383-391"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-03-17DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70007
Erin Fisher, Leanne Brown, Kerith Duncanson
{"title":"Energy and protein intake threshold modelling using nutrition dashboard technology and sensitivity of hospital malnutrition identification.","authors":"Erin Fisher, Leanne Brown, Kerith Duncanson","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70007","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Hospital food provision/intake dashboards may improve malnutrition screening. The aim of this study was to use Nutrition Dashboard data to determine the optimal threshold for screening for malnutrition risk, and compare the accuracy of this method with estimated dietary requirements.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Observational data were extracted from medical files and food service records of 267 patients for a 4-month period in a 99-bed hospital. Energy (2500-8000 kJ) and protein (30-90 g) thresholds were applied for Nutrition Dashboard categorisation by supply and intake of food. Deficits in estimated requirements (105 kJ/kg/day and 0.75 g/kg/day) were also applied as a comparative method. The association between Nutrition Dashboard categories and the Malnutrition Screening Tool was explored using generalised estimating equations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 267 patients and 1908 days of data were analysed. The use of estimated requirements for Nutrition Dashboard categorisation was not a statistically significant predictor of malnutrition risk. Application of energy (≤6000 kJ) and protein (≤65 g) thresholds for categorisation was significant (χ<sup>2</sup> = 9.50, df = 3, p = 0.023). When 5000 kJ and 55 g of protein were used for categorisation, patients were more likely to be at malnutrition risk when within low supply (odds ratio = 2.11, p = 0.002) and low intake (odds ratio 2.23, p < 0.001) categories.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nutrition Dashboard categories are associated with an increased risk of malnutrition when categorised using thresholds of up to 6000 kJ and 65 g protein. Technologies like the Nutrition Dashboard present innovative opportunities for dietitians to utilise nutrition informatics to enhance and optimise nutrition care.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"363-372"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12401800/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143649762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition & DieteticsPub Date : 2025-09-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.70000
Scott B Teasdale, Oliver Ardill-Young, Patricia Crawford, Patrick Gould, Erikka Hennessy, Bronwyn Inall, Sarah King, Rebecca Lancaster, Olivia Millett, Abbey Pearson, Julia Roen, Alyssa Strong, Mark Surdut, Tracy Burrows, Jackie Curtis, Philip B Ward, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin
{"title":"Feasibility of a targeted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener.","authors":"Scott B Teasdale, Oliver Ardill-Young, Patricia Crawford, Patrick Gould, Erikka Hennessy, Bronwyn Inall, Sarah King, Rebecca Lancaster, Olivia Millett, Abbey Pearson, Julia Roen, Alyssa Strong, Mark Surdut, Tracy Burrows, Jackie Curtis, Philip B Ward, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin","doi":"10.1111/1747-0080.70000","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1747-0080.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of mental health clinicians using a multifaceted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods cross-sectional design was used. Mental health clinicians implemented the multifaceted NutriMental screener at seven sites across Australia and provided feedback via a standardised form. Primary outcomes were the feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness domains of the feedback questionnaire. Additional outcomes included association/agreement between the consumer's desire for dietetic support, clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support, and total nutrition risks reported. Directed content analysis was employed to analyse open-ended sections of the clinician feedback questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-four clinicians participated, completing the NutriMental screener with a total of 256 mental health consumers. Mean total nutrition risks reported were 6.4 ± 1.8 (out of nine). Mean implementation outcomes (out of five) were 3.1 ± 0.8 for acceptability, 3.7 ± 0.5 for appropriateness, and 4.3 ± 1.7 for feasibility. There was moderate agreement between consumer's desire for dietetic support and clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support κ = 0.32 (95% CI: 0.21-0.43), p < 0.001, and positive correlations between the number of nutrition risks reported and consumer's desire for dietetic support (r = 0.29, p < 0.001) and clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support (r = 0.29, p < 0.001). Six themes and 17 subthemes related to barriers and facilitators to the screener's implementation were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The multifaceted risk screening tool appears to be feasible, acceptable and appropriate for use within Australian mental health services. Refinements of the NutriMental screener based on clinician feedback may further improve its implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19368,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition & Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":"392-402"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12401811/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}