Nutrition Education in Fellows

Completed

• Conditions: Medical Education
• Interventions: Other: Nutrition survey; Other: Educational Conference; Other: 3-hour nutrition module

• Registration Number: NCT03044717
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to assess comfort of cardiology fellows and faculty with nutrition and its role in cardiovascular disease and to determine if increasing education in this arena will change clinical practice.

Detailed Description

The aim of this project is to educate the fellows and faculty about nutrition. This will be done with a 3-hour nutrition module provided by the Gaples Institute. The Gaples Institute is a non-profit organization advocating natural strategies balanced with conventional medicine. The module will be provided free of charge for this education. There will also be a prevention education conference once every five weeks.

The secondary aim is to affect change in clinical practice among fellows and faculty. With an intensive nutrition education spanned over six months, the goal is to see if investigators can affect change in clinical practice. The nutrition module online will be available to those who participate in the study. The study participants are required to complete the 3-hour nutrition module prior to the six month completion of this study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-02-02
• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-07
• Primary Completion: 2017-07-21
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Study Completion: 2018-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2018-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

• All general cardiology fellow, faculty, internal medicine, residents, fellows will be asked to be part of this study.
• Male or females, 25 years or older

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cardiology fellows and faculty	Educational Conference	Fill out a nutrition survey three times at 0, 3, and 6 months and be present at a prevention educational conference every 5 weeks until the end of the study. This group will also complete a 3-hour nutrition module prior to study completion.
Cardiology fellows and faculty	3-hour nutrition module	Fill out a nutrition survey three times at 0, 3, and 6 months and be present at a prevention educational conference every 5 weeks until the end of the study. This group will also complete a 3-hour nutrition module prior to study completion.
Cardiology fellows and faculty	Nutrition survey	Fill out a nutrition survey three times at 0, 3, and 6 months and be present at a prevention educational conference every 5 weeks until the end of the study. This group will also complete a 3-hour nutrition module prior to study completion.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in behavior will be measured by method of Nutrition Survey	Change from Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months	Nutrition Survey will be assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months for changes in behavior.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UF Health at the University of Florida; 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Florida, United States