The Need for Nutrition Education Project (NNEdPro) – an educational intervention across UK Medical Schools to lay the foundations for good nutritional care

NNEdPro aimed to conduct an educational needs analysis and pilot a non-vertical curriculum intervention through aninnovatively developed educational package in a national sample of tomorrow’s doctors.An intervention group of 100 senior/clinical medical students from 15 medical schools were recruited. A non-vertical educationalpackage was delivered over 2d, incorporating interactive lectures, role-play, simulated consultations, small group work and mini-PBL. Aspiral learning approach revisited topics in order to build upon consolidated basic concepts. Clinical nutrition knowledge, attitudes andpractices (KAP) were assessed before and after intervention, and at 3 months, using a construct-validated questionnaire. Questionnaireitems were randomised before and after intervention, to minimise recall bias. A student-reported evaluation of the educational interventionwas also conducted and yielded favourable results.