Sánchez L, García-Lorda P, Bulló M, Balanzà R, Megias I, Salas-Salvadó J
Unitat de Nutrició Humana, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç, 21, 43201 Reus, España.
Nutr Hosp. 2003 May-Jun;18(3):153-8.
Although doctors, students and teachers all coincide in acknowledging the need for an appropriate knowledge of human nutrition in order to practice medicine, the inclusion of this discipline in the undergraduate curriculum has been rather scant. Until a few years ago, there were only two medical schools in Spain with a compulsory course in nutrition as part of the syllabus.
An attempt will be made to assess the current status of the teaching of nutrition within the syllabuses for a degree in Medicine and Surgery at Spanish universities.
The syllabuses of 27 Faculties of Medicine in Spain have been consulted to find out: 1) if there are specific subjects on nutrition, feeding and/or dietetics, 2) if these subjects are compulsory or optional, and 3) if there are specific issues from this area included within other subjects.
The results of the query show that 7 schools (approximately 25% of the total) teach a compulsory subject on nutrition or dietetics whereas 17 have at least one optional subject in this field, particularly during the second or specialization stage, with a mean content worth 4.5 credits. Furthermore, 3 of the schools offer both compulsory and optional courses simultaneously. Within the course material of the core subjects included in the second stage of the degree, the subjects of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Paediatrics seem to be the ones most commonly including clinical nutrition topics, generally with a very small relative weight.
The results obtained show an increasing interest in the creation of distinctive subjects for nutrition and/or dietetics. Nonetheless, this is still mainly an optional subject and the integration of human nutrition into the syllabus for core subjects seems insufficient for its to be considered a good alternative.
尽管医生、学生和教师都一致认为，为了行医需要具备适当的人类营养知识，但这门学科在本科课程中的设置却相当稀少。直到几年前，西班牙只有两所医学院将营养必修课程纳入教学大纲。
试图评估西班牙各大学医学与外科学学位教学大纲中营养教学的现状。
查阅了西班牙27所医学院的教学大纲，以了解：1）是否有关于营养、喂养和/或饮食学的特定科目；2）这些科目是必修还是选修；3）该领域的特定问题是否包含在其他科目中。
查询结果显示，7所学校（约占总数的25%）开设了营养或饮食学必修科目，而17所学校在该领域至少有一门选修科目，特别是在第二阶段或专业阶段，平均课程内容价值4.5学分。此外，有3所学校同时提供必修和选修课程。在该学位第二阶段核心科目的课程材料中，内分泌学、代谢学和儿科学科目似乎是最常包含临床营养主题的科目，但其相对权重通常很小。
所得结果表明，人们对开设营养和/或饮食学特色科目越来越感兴趣。尽管如此，这仍然主要是一门选修科目，而且将人类营养纳入核心科目的教学大纲似乎还不足以使其成为一个好的选择。
