Virtual teaching kitchen classes and cardiovascular disease prevention counselling among medical trainees

BackgroundHands-on culinary medicine education for medical trainees has emerged as a promising tool for cardiovascular health promotion.PurposeTo determine whether virtual culinary medicine programming associates with Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) adherence and lifestyle medicine competencies among m...

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Published in:	BMJ nutrition, prevention & health Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 6 - 13
Main Authors:	Razavi, Alexander C, Latoff, Anna, Dyer, Amber, Albin, Jaclyn Lewis, Artz, Kristi, Babcock, Alexandra, Cimino, Francesca, Daghigh, Farzaneh, Dollinger, Beth, Fiellin, Maya, Johnston, Emily A, Jones, Grace Marie, Karch, Robert D, Keller, Emily T, Nace, Heather, Parekh, Nimisha K, Petrosky, Stephanie Nelson, Robinson, Amy, Rosen, Jessica, Sheridan, Eva M, Warner, Susan W, Willis, Jada L, Harlan, Timothy S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-06-2023 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:	Cardiovascular disease Community Cooking Core curriculum Counseling COVID-19 Diabetes Diet dietary patterns Disease prevention Hypertension Learning Medical education Medical students Medicine Metabolism Multimedia Nutrition education Nutrition research Original Research Pandemics Patients preventive counselling Recipes Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Teaching United States > US COVID-19 preventive counselling dietary patterns
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Summary:	BackgroundHands-on culinary medicine education for medical trainees has emerged as a promising tool for cardiovascular health promotion.PurposeTo determine whether virtual culinary medicine programming associates with Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) adherence and lifestyle medicine competencies among medical trainees across the USA.MethodA total of 1433 medical trainees across 19 sites over a 12-month period were included. The Cooking for Health Optimisation with Patients-Medical Trainees survey composed of 61 questions regarding demographics, nutritional attitudes, dietary habits including MedDiet score and lifestyle medicine counselling competencies. Multivariable logistic regression assessed the association of virtual culinary medicine education with MedDiet intake and nutritional attitudes.ResultsThere were 519 medical trainees who participated in virtual culinary medicine education and 914 medical trainees who participated in their standard nutrition curricula. More than one-half of participants were women (n=759) and the mean age was 27 years old. Compared with students enrolled in traditional nutrition curricula, participants in virtual culinary medicine education were 37% more likely to adhere to MedDiet guidelines for fruit intake (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.83, p=0.03). Virtual culinary medicine education was associated with higher proficiency in lifestyle medicine counselling categories, notably recommendations involving fibre (OR 4.03; 95% CI 3.05 to 5.34), type 2 diabetes prevention (OR 4.69; 95% CI 3.51 to 6.27) and omega fatty acids (OR 5.21; 95% CI 3.87 to 7.02). Virtual culinary medicine education had a similar, although higher magnitude association with MedDiet counselling competency (OR 5.73, 95% CI 4.26 to 7.70) when compared with historical data previously reported using hands-on, in-person culinary medicine courseware (OR 4.97, 95% CI 3.89 to 6.36).ConclusionsCompared with traditional nutritional educational curricula, virtual culinary medicine education is associated with higher MedDiet adherence and lifestyle medicine counselling competencies among medical trainees. Both virtual and hands-on culinary medicine education may be useful for cardiovascular health promotion.
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ISSN:	2516-5542 2516-5542
DOI:	10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000477