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As education moves into the information technology age, dietetics and nutrition training must adapt to new instructional methods and the opportunities of distance learning. Innovative approaches to teaching nutritional biochemistry can help students learn and retain complex information and understand how nutrition relates to human health and disease. This approach has already been taken in US medical schools (110 of 129 have the Nutrition In Medicine ® interactive CD-ROM series). With a grant from the USDA and private industry, we are adapting this series of modules for use in both introductory nutrition classes as well as advanced dietetics student training and education. This technology offers significant flexibility in implementation (distance learning, independent study, learning laboratories, group instruction). The Medical Nutrition Curriculum Initiative is expanding its scope to provide an easily transportable curriculum to US dietetics programs and colleges and universities offering human nutrition courses. The series of interactive CD-ROM programs spans ten clinical topics: Nutritional Anemias, Stress, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Maternal and Infant, Childhood and Adolescence, Aging, Nutritional Supplements and Fortified Foods, and Sports Nutrition. Nutritional biochemistry relevant to health and disease, dietary recommendations for treatment and preventive care, and related clinical issues are covered. The virtual case enables the student to practice nutrition-related skills in a patient setting. The introductory nutrition version targets first- or second-year nutrition students and includes a nutrition video game. The dietetics training version aims at senior or graduate nutrition students and has a stronger medical nutrition therapy emphasis within a nutritional biochemistry context. To maximize their effectiveness as educators of the next generation of nutrition professionals, nutrition and dietetics educators must be aware of the new advanced technology opportunities available in nutrition education and training. |
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