# THE REGIONAL CENTER FOR CLINICAL NUTRITION EDUCATION

> **NIH NIH R01** · NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE · 1991 · $115,355

## Abstract

The specific aim is the continuation of the New York-New Jersey Regional
Center for Clinical Nutrition Education and its expansion into the
following new activities as a demonstration project of a model for
improving nutrition teaching in medical and dental schools:

1. Development of functioning nutrition teaching teams in each school

2. Encouragement of appointment by the Dean of nutrition coordinator in
each school

3. The organization of an association of directors of clinical nutrition
support teams from regional hospitals

4. Trial of suitability of selected clinical nutrition support teams as a
formal source of nutrition teaching for clinical clerkships in teaching
hospitals

5. New data accrual on the status of nutrition teaching in medical schools

6. Further development of teaching materials and their implementation
into courses of Physical Diagnosis and Introduction to Medicine

7. Increasing the availability of appropriate teaching materials through
medical school libraries

8. Convening a second Regional Workshop on Nutrition Teaching in Medical
Schools

9. Implementing the use of learning objectives in clinical specialty areas
to facilitate more effective teaching and curriculum evaluation

In addition, the following educational activities coordinated by the Center
will continue:

a. Inter-Hospital Clinical Nutrition Teaching Rounds

b. Encouraging nutrition-oriented Grand Rounds

c. Encouraging clinical correlation conferences

d. Increasing the availability and awareness of clinical electives for
students and housestaff

e. Acting as an information source and consultant to Faculty Advisory Group
members for curriculum development

f. On-site consultations to individual institutions

g. Information on Center activities to interested individuals and groups

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3170212
- **Project number:** 5R01CA032241-09
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** MSQMDNK7L8E5
- **Principal Investigator:** Darwin Deen
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $115,355
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1981-09-30 → 1992-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3170212

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3170212, THE REGIONAL CENTER FOR CLINICAL NUTRITION EDUCATION (5R01CA032241-09). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3170212. Licensed CC0.

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