Bozdech P M, Packett L V, Marlatt A L, Bridges R
J Am Diet Assoc. 1978 Jul;73(1):36-9.
This study was undertaken to determine the source and quality of the nutrition education received and to determine the nutritional knowledge gained by dental students. The assessment of the dental education program revealed a limited nutrition component uidely scattered among a number of departments and offered diversely in each of the four years. Faculty interviews and a review of course outlines indicated that some material was presented on foods; disorders; diets; nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology; and anatomical terms. A "self-instructional unit" contained seven tapes on aspects of nutrition. National Dental Board Examinations contained nutrition-related questions which would be helpful in developing a nutrition program, including the development of a dental-related nutritional knowledge test. Such a test, developed within the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, was administered to the dental students on an honor-code basis early in the fall semester. Tests were completed by 178 students. The mean per cent score, 58.7 +/- 10.2, was below the mean for undergraduate students who had completed a basic course in nutrition with a grade of "C". Evidence is presented indicating that the general nutritional knowledge of the dental students increased only during the first year of their program. A gain in nutritional knowledge was noted in the categories of: Nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology; disorders, diets, and organisms.
本研究旨在确定牙科学生所接受营养教育的来源和质量，并确定他们所获得的营养知识。对牙科教育项目的评估显示，营养教育部分有限，广泛分散在多个部门，且在四年中的每一年提供方式各异。教师访谈和课程大纲审查表明，讲授了一些关于食物、疾病、饮食、营养、生物化学和生理学以及解剖学术语的内容。一个“自学单元”包含七盒关于营养方面的磁带。国家牙科委员会考试包含与营养相关的问题，这将有助于制定营养项目，包括开发与牙科相关的营养知识测试。营养与食品科学系开发的这样一项测试，在秋季学期初以荣誉制度的方式对牙科学生进行了测试。178名学生完成了测试。平均得分百分比为58.7 +/- 10.2，低于完成营养基础课程且成绩为“C”的本科生的平均分。有证据表明，牙科学生的一般营养知识仅在课程的第一年有所增加。在营养、生物化学和生理学、疾病、饮食和生物体等类别中，营养知识有增长。
