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Precision Nutrition And Advanced Culinary Medicine, Sara B. Police

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This electronic textbook (eBook) accompanies NS801, Precision Nutrition and Advanced Culinary Medicine, a 1-credit, 8-week online medical elective course for the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Office of Medical Education. The eBook provides module-based background information including text, tables, and figures to support each module of the online course:

1. Introduction
2. Culinary Challenges Preparation
3. Emerging Concepts in Precision Nutrition
4. Cardiovascular Disease & Nutritional Considerations
5. Neurological and Mental Health Disorders & Nutritional Considerations
6. Cancer & Nutritional Considerations
7. Gastrointestinal (GI) Health, Microbiome & Nutritional Considerations
8. Renal Conditions & Nutritional Considerations

As an open access textbook supported by the University of Kentucky Libraries …

Other People’S Families: How Social Ties Shape Entrance Into The Medical Profession, Lillian Sims

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Not enough members of low-income, rural, and minoritized populations are successfully prepared for and recruited into medical school, exacerbating issues of unequal access to healthcare and limiting access to the profession. While a multitude of factors contribute to this problem, early social exposure to others in a field can act as a key contributor to career interest and a key advantage for entering the profession. Meanwhile, students without early social exposure to healthcare may take unconventional paths to medical school or may struggle to fit into the unique culture of medicine when they do enter training, especially if they belong …