Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching: An Interprofessional Course for Pharmacy, Medical, and Dietetic Students.

Background Poor nutrition and lifestyle choices are major contributors to the development and progression of various chronic diseases. Enhancing patients' awareness of healthy nutrition and lifestyle habits by interprofessional healthcare teams can play a significant role in tackling many chronic diseases, particularly in underserved communities with inequitable access to healthcare and educational opportunities. However, healthcare professionals are not adequately prepared to provide effective, culturally competent nutrition and lifestyle coaching due to a lack of emphasis on these topics in the curricula of many healthcare professional programs.

Enhancing nutrition and lifestyle education for healthcare professional students through an interprofessional, team-based training program.

Background And Purpose: Nutrition and lifestyle modifications are effective interventions in tackling many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. However, healthcare professionals are not sufficiently trained in nutrition and lifestyle education. To address this gap, we established an interprofessional, team-based framework to train healthcare professional students on healthy nutrition and culturally competent dietary coaching and motivational interviewing.

Pediatric asthma for the primary care practitioner.

Asthma is a complex disease, involving many different allergic, inflammatory, and environmental components. It is a disease for which patient and family education and a team-based approach are paramount for successful management. Guidelines have been put forth by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which provide a helpful framework in which to begin to manage patients and to navigate the many medication choices available.