Date of Graduation
5-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Sciences
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
General Human Environmental Sciences
Advisor/Mentor
Moore, Cynthia K.
Committee Member/Reader
Carpenter, Shannon
Committee Member/Second Reader
Allison, Neil T.
Abstract
Nutrition knowledge has been shown to be increasingly critical in physician practice. Therefore, education has also become very critical. Medical schools have been working over the last few decades to include nutrition education in their curriculum, but due to many barriers, it is difficult to measure up to requirements. It is the purpose of this descriptive study to determine the nutrition knowledge of pre-medical students at the University of Arkansas and see if suggesting a nutrition class for these students would be beneficial. The average score was 11.2 ± 3.04 out of a possible 23. Because the literature provides reason for improving medical nutrition education and it has been shown to be difficult to include that education in medical school, it may be beneficial to improve undergraduate pre-medical nutrition education.
Keywords
Nutrition, Health education
Citation
Newcome, J. (2012). Nutrition Knowledge of Pre-Medical Students. General Human Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ghesuht/4