Who are we?
The Nutrition Implementation Coalition
A coalition of independent, non-profit organisations who believe we urgently need to raise the issue of a serious lack of nutrition training for healthcare professionals, leading to a largely neglected element of patient care and population health. This coalition will meet quarterly and form the steering committee for the NNEdPro-ERimNN UK and Ireland Regional Network.
As the Nutrition Implementation Coalition, we share ideas and expertise. We are independent organisations with a shared goal to promote sustainable, ethical, and evidence-based nutrition care, including when to refer on to a dietitian or nutritionist.
Key Strategic Partner
NNEdPro — ERimNN
ERimNN is the ‘Education and Research in Medical Nutrition Network’ co-founded by Kathy Martyn and Elaine Macaninch in Brighton. ERimNN is a KEY STRATEGIC PARTNER of the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health in Cambridge, with cross-appointment of ERimNN founders into the Executive of the NNEdPro Global Innovation Panel, and reciprocal/equivalent cross-appointment of relevant NNEdPro leaders into ERimNN.
Purpose
Purpose of the Nutrition Implementation Coalition
- Broadening the conversation about nutrition in health for patient benefit.
- Increasing the education around food competence in the curricula of health professionals.
- Designing and implementing educational resources for health professionals.
- Implementation, research, and evaluation around nutrition and diet; and
- Sustainable nutrition focus to support healthcare.
Time for nutrition in medical education
Research conducted by the coalition
Aim: To synthesise a selection of UK medical students’ and doctors’ views surrounding nutrition in medical education and practice.
The coalition had identified roles within the research:
- ERImNN led curriculum reviews, and medical student-led evaluations
- Nutritank carried out online surveys to assess the opinions of medical students and junior doctors regarding their nutrition training
- NNEdPro undertook semi–qualitative interviews with junior doctors to assess barriers to nutritional care onwards, and led semi-qualitative online surveys of medical students to assess where further training within nutrition is desired
For further information on results and discussion view: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjnph-2019-000049
Coalition Members – Explained
Nutritank
An innovative information hub of food, nutrition and lifestyle medicine.
Promoting the need for greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine education within healthcare training, and empowering members of the public to improve their health.
Culinary Medicine
A unique combination of nutrition and culinary knowledge to assist doctors learn the foundations of clinical nutrition as well as how best to motivate their patients to lead healthier lives using food.
This course is RCGP accredited and designed to give participants a foundation in clinical nutrition and practical cooking skills.
NNEdPRO
To establish the NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health as a world-leading and highly innovative think-tank, training academy and knowledge network.
Bringing together the best of education, research, evaluation and advocacy, particularly in nutrition-related aspects of health and healthcare systems.