Envisioning a healthy future: a pilot of a culinary curriculum for medical students

Sussan Askari; Jennifer Turnidge; Nancy Dalgarno; Boris Zevin; Rani Polak

doi:10.36834/t60jtp03

Auteurs-es

Sussan Askari Queen's University
Jennifer Turnidge Queens University
Nancy Dalgarno Queen’s University
Boris Zevin Queen’s University
Rani Polak Harvard Medical School

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.36834/t60jtp03

Résumé

Énoncé des implications de la recherche

Nous avons étudié les expériences et les éléments facilitateurs pour les personnes étudiantes et inscrites à des ateliers culinaires dans le cadre d’un programme de médecine de premier cycle. Une approche mixte a été utilisée afin d’examiner comment ces ateliers favorisaient le développement des connaissances, des compétences et de la confiance des futurs médecins en matière de nutrition ainsi que de changements de mode de vie. Les résultats ont montré que ces ateliers culinaires renforçaient la perception qu’avaient les personnes étudiantes en médecine de leurs capacités, de leurs possibilités et de leur motivation à adopter eux-mêmes des comportements culinaires sains ainsi qu’des pratiques culinaires saines dans leur future pratique clinique.

Biographies de l'auteur-e

Sussan Askari, Queen's University

Sussan Askari, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Providence Care Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada
Jennifer Turnidge, Queens University

Jennifer Turnnidge, PhD, Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Nancy Dalgarno, Queen’s University

Nancy Dalgarno, PhD, Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Boris Zevin, Queen’s University

Boris Zevin MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Rani Polak, Harvard Medical School

Rani Polak, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and Sheba Center of Lifestyle Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

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