Professor Sumantra Ray
Founding Chair and Executive Director, NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health
About this event
- Date and time Wed 15 Jul 2020 from 9:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Food and Health
Please note this event has been postponed. The new time and date for this event is Thursday 19 November 2020 from 9:30am to 5:00pm. Please book your place here.
A 2015 study found that the cost of malnutrition in the UK was estimated to be £19.6 billion per year, accounting for about 30 per cent of hospital admissions and 35 per cent of care home admissions. Despite of this, many doctors are still unable to give comprehensive nutritional advice to their patients and help them understand the impact of food on their health.
It is now more important than ever to meet this education gap in the medical curricula and help medical students and trainees develop their skills and knowledge in nutrition education. Join us as experts shed light on the importance and effective provision of nutrition education for future doctors.
Learning objectives include:
- Understand the benefits of improved nutrition education for future doctors.
- Value the impact that nutrition-savvy doctors can have on their patients and public health.
- Know the principles of effective nutrition education.
- Be inspired to lobby for greater nutrition education in medical curricula.
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Key speakers
Professor Christopher Nutting
President Elect, RSM Oncology Section
Dr Pratima Singh
Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Dr John Nichols
Royal College of General Practitioners, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Surrey
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Chair: Anthony Mander, President of the Forum of Food and Health
History of nutrition in medical education - impact of nutrition in health
Eleanor Trelize, T-Year Graduate Entry Medicine Student, St George’s, University of London, Dr Catherine Tsang, Senior Lecturer Nutrition & Health, Academic Consultant (Productivity & Innovation Centre), Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine, Anthony Mander
Nutritank
Speaker TBC
Lessons from over a decade of nutrition education provision
Professor Sumantra Ray
Tea and coffee break
The case of nutritional medicine as a science
Dr John Nichols, Royal College of General Practitioners, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Surrey
Innovations in lifestyle medicine in undergraduate medical education
Professor Paola Dey, Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
Panel discussion
Lunch
Afternoon session
Chair: Anthony Mander
Nutrition targets for general medical services?
Speaker TBC
The metabolic and molecular regulation of physical activity and nutrition in skeletal muscle, in relation to ageing
Dr Phil J. Atherton, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Centre of Excellence, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham
Tea and coffee break
Nutritional interventions in oncology
Professor Christopher Nutting, President Elect, Royal Society of Medicine, Oncology Section
Nutritional interventions and sarcopenia
Speaker TBC
Dietary interventions in mental health
Dr Pratima Singh, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion: What is the way forward
Chair: Anthony Mander
Completion of evaluation forms
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
