Culinary Medicine courses from 2022
Course title
CulinaryMedicine - optimising nutritional counselling skills
Module VI
20 teaching hours (optional additional module)
Course description
Culinary Medicine represents a new method of translating the findings of nutritional medicine into the living environments of patients and thus optimising the success of the counselling process. To this end, Culinary Medicine combines nutritional medicine, nutritional science and psychology with practical culinary arts. The teaching format is an indication-based cooking course based on the evidence-based guideline Nutrition Therapy in Clinic and Practice (LEKuP, Hauner et al. 2019).
US studies show that doctors who are trained in Culinary Medicine advise their patients much more frequently and better on nutritional topics. This is achieved through a stronger connection to the living environment (recipes, shopping, cooking, shared meals, etc.) in medical counselling: interprofessional cooperation in nutrition teams is also improved. The new teaching format thus synergistically complements nutritional medicine by training essential practical counselling skills.
Doctors now have the opportunity to attend an innovative Culinary Medicine course. The course is run by PD Dr. med. Thomas Ellrott and his team, who introduced the new subject in Germany(https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culinary_Medicine). The course days each conclude with a communal meal.
References
Innovation for medical studies: Culinary Medicine piloted as elective compulsory subject at University Medical Center Göttingen
Culinary Medicine debuts as a new elective for medical students at University Medical Center Göttingen Germany
Culinary Medicine - multicentre evaluation launched at the Universities of Göttingen, Brandenburg and Gießen
PD Dr. Thomas Ellrott on "Culinary Medicine ...