A novel nutrition medicine education model: The Boston University experience

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Lenders, Carine ^a,b   Gorman, Kathy ^a,b   Milch, Hannah ^a   Decker, Ashley ^b   Harvey, Nanette ^b   Stanfield, Lorraine ^b   Lim Miller, Aimee ^a   Salge Blake, Joan ^c   Judd, Laura ^c   Levine, Sharon ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

BOSTON; CURRICULUM; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879437641     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.002766     Document Type: Review

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