Nutrition education in U.S. medical schools: latest update of a national survey
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The amount of nutrition education that medical students receive continues to be inadequate and needs to be improved.Abstract:
Purpose To quantify the number of required hours of nutrition education at U.S. medical schools and the types of courses in which the instruction was offered, and to compare these results with results from previous surveys.read more
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