The Lack of Nutritional Competency among the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students: A Systematic Review

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dc.contributor.authorJames, M. K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T08:08:46Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T08:08:46Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.description.abstractObjective: This systematic review addressed the effects of the competency level of medical students, physicians, and practitioners in nutrition education for optimum patient care. It also addresses the perceived inadequate didactic contact hours of nutrition education. Method: There were 55 studies selected, and 25 were used for this review including quantitative and qualitative studies. The data were divided into four groups: quantitative data, qualitative data, reports, and news articles. The categorization of the literature was as follows: 17 quantitative, 2 qualitative, 4 news articles, 1 manual, and 1 symposium report. These were evaluated to produce a credible qualitative meta-analysis of available data. Data Sources: The systematic review used databases and citation indexes including Embosses, PubMed, JAMA Network, Medline, Elsevier, and Oxford Academics, these include journals, reports of Symposiums, and news articles to ascertain evidence-based data Results: The findings of this review revealed the significant effect inadequate contact nutrition education has on the competency level of medical students, physicians, and practitioners. Limitations: Limitations of this review include several external factors. Although universities are expected to implement approximately 44 hours of nutrition education for the competency level of medical students and physicians during their tenure, this may not be the case at all schools. Many offer only 15-25 didactics hours. In addition, in some cases, the comparisons are not equal but the researcher was unable to establish the hours and a basic curriculum structure.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsSchool of Allied Health, College of Medical Sciences, Environmental Health, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyanaen_US
dc.identifier.citationJames M. K.. The Lack of Nutritional Competency among the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students: A Systematic Review. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety. 2023 Jan; 15(1): 52-61en_US
dc.identifier.issn2347-5641
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/219687
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSciencedomain Internationalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume15en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/ejnfs/2023/v15i11287en_US
dc.subjectNutrition educationen_US
dc.subjectnutrition competencyen_US
dc.subjectmedical studentsen_US
dc.subjecthealth professionalsen_US
dc.subjectclinical nutrition.en_US
dc.titleThe Lack of Nutritional Competency among the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students: A Systematic Reviewen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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