Evaluation of Nutrition Training Augmented With Digital Technology in Graduate Medical Education

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard Nutrition Education; Behavioral: Nutri Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06088251

00005155

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators will conduct a randomized controlled evaluation of standard nutrition education vs. standard education + Nutri, and interactive clinical software that automates diet assessment and guides resident physicians through personalized and evidence-based diet counseling. Investigators will evaluate differences in resident-reported diet counseling competence and self-efficacy using survey measures. Investigators will evaluate skills using a simulated patient appointment and coding scheme described in prior work.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dell Medical School Internal Medicine Residents
• Dell Medical School Family Medicine Residents

Exclusion criteria

• N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutri Training

Experimental group

Description:

Nutri Training will begin with 1) a presentation of diet counseling evidence and best practices for advising patients, along with information about nutrition recommendations for patients with chronic illness and 2) tools supporting the patient for follow-up. This content will be delivered via a live demonstration of the Nutri interactive software and case demonstration, a novel approach to delivering the learning objectives of standard nutrition education for residents.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nutri Training

Standard Nutrition Education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard Nutrition Training will present an overview of 1) nutrition recommendations for patients with chronic disease and 2) cover the role of a registered dietitian and referrals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard Nutrition Education