A student-led pilot lecture in nutrition as a catalyst for curriculum change: A case study from one medical school
Akash Patel, Ritika Modi, William McGonigle, Gauri Agarwal · 2026
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Akash Patel, Gauri Agarwal, and co-authors tell how one student-led nutrition lecture at a Miami medical school grew into a push for lasting curriculum change. Diet is a leading driver of early death worldwide, yet most American medical schools still teach far less nutrition than advised decades ago. Their 2026 case study describes a single clinical nutrition session and what followed it.
Surveys around the lecture showed real gains in knowledge and in students' confidence about advising patients on diet. Enthusiasm then snowballed into a taskforce of about fifty members working to weave nutrition teaching through the whole program. The authors argue that even a small pilot can start institutional change when students lead it, and they share the elements they believe made the effort work.
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| CREATOR | Akash Patel, Ritika Modi, William McGonigle, Gauri Agarwal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31085 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |