Zivković R
Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia.
Acta Med Croatica. 2000;54(3):129-34.
A brief historical review of the development of nutrition and dietetics in the world is followed by concise description of the history of the discipline in Croatia after the foundation of the School of Medicine in Zagreb in 1919. As differentiated from the Schools of Medicine in Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek and Split, the third, nutritional curriculum at the School of Food Science and Biotechnology has allocated as many as 280 theoretical and 110 practical periods in the form of seminars (15 periods) and practical exercise (95 periods) to nutrition and dietetics. The curriculum includes special course of lectures in dietetics, delivered by a physician specialized in the field. This is followed by the observation that none of the four Croatian Schools of Medicine in Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek and Split has introduced systematic education in the field in either undergraduate or postgraduate curricula. There are only some sporadic related topics included in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Thus, the paper points to the serious neglect of this important subject in the curricula of our medical schools, and present some ideas how to solve the problem in the nearest future. The possible organization of a special postgraduate study in nutrition and dietetics for physicians willing to devote themselves professionally to this field of medicine is strongly advocated, because modern nutritional practices and dietetics are likely to soon impose the need of such experts in every large hospital and clinical department.
在简要回顾世界营养与饮食学发展的历史之后，本文简要描述了1919年萨格勒布医学院成立后克罗地亚该学科的历史。与萨格勒布、里耶卡、奥西耶克和斯普利特的医学院不同，食品科学与生物技术学院的第三个营养课程为营养与饮食学安排了多达280个理论课时和110个实践课时，形式包括研讨会（15课时）和实践练习（95课时）。该课程包括由该领域的专科医生讲授的饮食学特别讲座课程。随后指出，萨格勒布、里耶卡、奥西耶克和斯普利特的四所克罗地亚医学院中，没有一所院校在本科或研究生课程中引入该领域的系统教育。本科和研究生学习中仅包含一些零星的相关主题。因此，本文指出了我们医学院课程中对这一重要学科的严重忽视，并提出了一些在不久的将来解决该问题的想法。强烈主张为愿意在该医学领域专业发展的医生组织一个营养与饮食学的特殊研究生课程，因为现代营养实践和饮食学可能很快就会使各大医院和临床科室都需要这样的专家。
