Nutrition Education: Answering the Call

In this episode of the GW Integrative Medicine podcast, we talk about a nutrition education collaboration between the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and the Integrative Medicine Programs here at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In the studio, we have Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, MPH, PA-C, a professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. LeLacheur has more than 35 years of clinical experience in primary care, HIV/AIDS, and infectious disease. She is the section director for the GW PA Program’s Foundations of Medicine Gastroenterology Section, and the driving force behind PA nutrition week. Dr. LeLacheur and Dr. Leigh Frame developed this nutrition curricula. As the authors of a JAMA opinion piece recently put it, "Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and limited for the duration of graduate medical education for many specialties." Doctors and PAs are educated the same way and suffer the same educational deficit. The goal of the PA nutrition week curriculum is to give PAs in training the knowledge, skills, and confidence that studies say prevent health care professionals from counseling their patients about nutrition. ◘ Related content GW Department of Physician Assistant Studies https://smhs.gwu.edu/physician-assistant/ Physician Assistants Ideal for Patient Nutrition Education https://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/physician-assistants-ideal-patient-nutrition-education Food Deserts in D.C. | NPR | Let's Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQeorPkPLmU Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2729245 PA Experts Respond to Pressing Nutrition Questions https://www.aapa.org/news-central/2019/03/pas-ask-experts-pressing-nutrition-questions/ Nutrition in Medical Education: A Systematic Review https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(19)30171-8/fulltext ◘ Transcript https://www.linkedin.co