Weinsier R L, Boker J R, Morgan S L, Feldman E B, Moinuddin J F, Mamel J J, DiGirolamo M, Borum P R, Read M S, Brooks C M
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1988 Jul;48(1):1-6. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/48.1.1.
Eleven southeastern medical schools cooperated to evaluate nutrition knowledge and attitudes of medical students. This study complements previous reports of an examination of entering freshmen and seniors. Average knowledge scores for 165 students tested after basic sciences (preclinical) training in this study were 67 +/- 7% compared with 53 +/- 6% for freshmen and 69 +/- 8% for seniors. The upperclassmen's scores were higher than the freshmen's (p less than 0.001) and varied with the amount of required nutrition teaching. Only 13% of preclinical students perceived nutrition as important to their careers compared with 74% of entering and 59% of graduating students, suggesting that preclinical teaching reduces their sense of relevance of nutrition to medicine. These findings suggest that nutrition knowledge can be increased through preclinical coursework and that the knowledge level can be maintained through the clinical years. However, the positive attitude of freshmen toward nutrition is lost after preclinical training and is only partially regained after the clinical years.
11所东南部医学院校合作评估医学生的营养知识和态度。本研究补充了之前对入学新生和高年级学生进行调查的报告。在本研究中，165名学生在基础科学（临床前）培训后接受测试，其平均知识得分是67±7%，而新生为53±6%，高年级学生为69±8%。高年级学生的得分高于新生（p<0.001），且随所需营养教学量的不同而变化。只有13%的临床前学生认为营养对其职业很重要，而入学学生中有74%，毕业学生中有59%持此观点，这表明临床前教学降低了他们对营养与医学相关性的认识。这些发现表明，营养知识可以通过临床前课程增加，并且知识水平可以在临床阶段得以保持。然而，新生对营养的积极态度在临床前培训后丧失，且在临床阶段后仅部分恢复。
