Nutrition knowledge of students enrolled in one North Carolina medical school
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Karen D.J. Richardson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Mildred Johnson
Abstract: The major purposes of this study were to: (1) measure the level of nutrition knowledge acquired by students enrolled in the Bowman Gray School of Medicine; (2) compare the levels of nutrition knowledge acquired by second-year Bowman Gray students with the nutrition knowledge acquired by second-year students enrolled in four New England medical schools determined in a previous study; (3) determine the extent to which measured differences related to selected factors--medical school class, undergraduate science electives completed, sex, food habits, possible future medical specialty, and pre-medical educational geographic area; (4) identify the subject content of test items most frequently answered incorrectly by the medical students. The Phillips' Nutrition and Diet Therapy Knowledge Test (NDT) was administered to 173 students enrolled in Bowman Gray School of Medicine during the 1972 spring semester. Responses to test items, personal data, and student file data were analyzed by appropriate statistical methods. Performance on the Phillips' NDT Test indicated that the majority or the Bowman Gray students tested were not familiar with many of the basic nutritional concepts and facts concerning nutrition. Second-year medical students at Bowman Gray did not achieve higher test scores on the NDT than did students enrolled in four New England medical schools who were tested five years previously. Evidence indicated little or no positive relationship between test scores of students and selected demographic factors. Although the number of test items answered correctly by each succeeding class year increased, the length of time enrolled in medical school did not significantly increase their knowledge of basic nutritional concepts and facts concerning nutrition.
Nutrition knowledge of students enrolled in one North Carolina medical school
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- Language: English
- Date: 1975