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Cuerda C, Muscaritoli M, Krznaric Z, Pirlich M, Van Gossum A, Schneider S, Ellegard L, Fukushima R, Chourdakis M, Della Rocca C, Milovanovic D, Lember M, Arias-Diaz J, Stylianidis E, Anastasiadis K, Alunni V, Mars T, Hellerman MI, Kujundžić-Tiljak M, Irtun O, Abbasoglu O, Barazzoni R. Nutrition education in medical schools (NEMS) project: Joining ESPEN and university point of view. Clin Nutr 2021; 40:2754-2761. [PMID: 33933741 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Nutrition education is not well represented in the medical curriculum. The aim of this original paper was to describe the Nutrition Education in Medical Schools (NEMS) Project of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN). METHODS On 19 January 2020, a meeting was held on this topic that was attended by 51 delegates (27 council members) from 34 countries, and 13 European University representatives. RESULTS This article includes the contents of the meeting that concluded with the signing of the Manifesto for the Implementation of Nutrition Education in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum. CONCLUSION The meeting represented a significant step forward, moved towards implementation of nutrition education in medical education in general and in clinical practice in particular, in compliance with the aims of the ESPEN Nutrition Education Study Group (NESG).
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Affiliation(s)
- C Cuerda
- Nutrition Unit. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Croatia
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- Imperial Oak Outpatient Clinic, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & Clinical Nutrition, Berlin, Germany
| | - A Van Gossum
- Department of Gastroenterology and Nutritional Support, Hopital Erasme and Institut Bordet, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, CHU de Nice, Université Côte D'Azur, Nice, France
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- Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenborg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - R Fukushima
- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan
| | - M Chourdakis
- Laboratory of Hygiene, Social & Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
| | - C Della Rocca
- Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
| | - M Lember
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia
| | - J Arias-Diaz
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Vice Rector for Research and Lifelong Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Dean of the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Education, Université Côte D'Azur, Nice, France
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- Vice Dean Erasmus LLP Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of General Intensive Care, Institute for Nutrition Research, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva 49100, Israel
| | - M Kujundžić-Tiljak
- Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Irtun
- Gastrosurgical Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
| | - O Abbasoglu
- Department of Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
| | - R Barazzoni
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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