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Palliative care (PC) longitudinal curricula are increasingly being recognized as important in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME). They are however, not yet commonplace, and where they do exist may be implemented without a systematic, prospective approach to curriculum evaluation. This paper describes an implementation of a new longitudinal curriculum at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania. We used the Context Input Process Product (CIPP) model, a holistic evaluation model, to assess the local environment, design the curriculum, guide the improvement process, and evaluate outcomes. Comprehensive models such as CIPP provide a more robust approach to curriculum evaluation than outcomes-only models and may be of use to other programs who are implementing new curricula or improving upon existing programs.
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Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Medicine , Students, Medical , Humans , Palliative Care , CurriculumABSTRACT
Nutrition plays an important role in health promotion and disease prevention and treatment across the lifespan. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are expected to counsel patients about nutrition, but recent surveys report minimal to no improvements in medical nutrition education in US medical schools. A workshop sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute addressed this gap in knowledge by convening experts in clinical and academic health professional schools. Representatives from the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and the American Society for Nutrition provided relevant presentations. Reported is an overview of lessons learned from nutrition education efforts in medical schools and health professional schools including interprofessional domains and competency-based nutrition education. Proposed is a framework for coordinating activities of various entities using a public-private partnership platform. Recommendations for nutrition research and accreditation are provided.
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Clinical Competence , Education, Medical , Health Personnel/education , Interdisciplinary Communication , Nutrition Therapy , Nutritional Sciences/education , Accreditation , Curriculum , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Internship and Residency/methods , Licensure , National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) , Physicians , Students, Medical , Surveys and Questionnaires , United StatesABSTRACT
One agent reduces tamoxifen resistance in preclinical studies, while lysine acetylation measurements may monitor clinical benefit of a second drug.