Evaluating a virtual and in-person nutrition interprofessional educational experience for first-year medical students

Nutrition plays a critical role in preventing, managing, and treating noncommunicable diseases; thus it is essential physicians be able to appropriately refer to and collaborate with interprofessional (IP) care team members, like registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs). This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Nutrition Clinical Experience (NCE) to increase first-year medical students' (M1s′) understanding of RDNs’ roles on the IP healthcare team, common reasons to consult a RDN, and interventions RDNs implement.