The refrigerator safari
| Autor: | Gavin Drummond, Mary Docherty, Sophie Brock, Andrea Oustayiannis, Sophie Lawton, Katrina Crawford, Abigail Breen, Gemma Rushworth, Lucy Gill, Vivienne Mankarious, Kevin G. Kerr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medical education Health professionals business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Public health Microbiological quality Core curriculum Hygiene medicine Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Operations management Student learning business Food Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | British Food Journal. 108:487-494 |
| ISSN: | 0007-070X |
| DOI: | 10.1108/00070700610668450 |
| Popis: | PurposeFood‐borne infection remains a major public health concern and it is important that healthcare professionals in training understand the epidemiology of gastro‐intestinal infection and strategies for its prevention. This article describes a student selected component (SSC), i.e. an element which supplements the core curriculum for undergraduate medical students and its use as an educational tool.Design/methodology/approachThe SSC incorporated a refrigerator safari in which students examined a number of domestic refrigerators for factors which might affect adversely the microbiological quality of the food within them as well as determining refrigerator temperatures with a sensitive thermometer.FindingsThe refrigerator safaris, although small in number (n=25) highlighted a number of frequently occurring factors such as unacceptable refrigerator temperatures and foods which had passed their use by/best before dates. Student feedback indicated that the safari was much appreciated as a practical way of learning about food safety.Originality/valueThe refrigerator safari is a novel method for the teaching of undergraduate students about food hygiene in the domestic setting and emphasises that consumers have important roles and responsibilities in protecting themselves from food‐borne infection. |
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