A clinical nutrition course to improve pharmacy students' skills and confidence in counseling patients |
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| Authors: | Chang Linda Popovich Nicholas G Iramaneerat Cherdsak Smith Everett V Lutfiyya M Nawal |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, IL 61107, USA. lchang@uic.edu |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo create, implement, and evaluate a PharmD course on primary care nutrition.DesignA 2-credit hour elective course was offered to second- and third-year pharmacy students. It was informed by the Socratic method using a minimum number of formal lecture presentations and featured problem-based learning exercises, case-based scenarios, and scientific literature to fuel informed debate. A single group posttest design with a retrospective pretest was used to assess students'' self-efficacy.AssessmentThere was a significant overall improvement in students'' self-efficacy in their ability to practice primary care nutrition.ConclusionCompletion of a nutrition course improved students'' confidence in providing primary care nutrition and empowered them to speak more comfortably about the role of nutrition in the prevention of chronic diseases. |
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| Keywords: | nutrition curriculum problem-based learning Socratic method |
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