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- <p>Diabetes in children -- Treatment.</p> <p>Experiential learning -- Evaluation.</p> (1)
- <p>Nutrition -- Study and teaching -- West Virginia -- Evaluation.</p> <p>Poor -- Health and hygiene -- Study and teaching -- West Virginia -- Evaluation. </p> <p>Marshall University. Department of Dietetics -- Evaluation.</p> (1)
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The Effectiveness Of Nutrition Education: Comparing Registered Dietitian Educators With Dietetic Interns, Amy Gannon
The Effectiveness Of Nutrition Education: Comparing Registered Dietitian Educators With Dietetic Interns, Amy Gannon
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The Department of Dietetics at Marshall University is a subcontracting agency with the West Virginia University Extension Service for the purposes of delivering nutrition education to children in low-income schools in a six-county radius in southwestern West Virginia through the Marshall University Nutrition Education Program (NEP). The method of lesson delivery includes an educational model that utilizes both registered dietitians (RD) and dietetic interns. The NEP is evaluated through several methods, including pre-/post-tests, teacher focus groups, and parental feedback surveys. To date, no evaluation has been completed to determine the effectiveness of dietetic interns’ delivery of nutrition education lessons compared …
Experiential Learning In Dietetics: Can Diabetes Camp Make A Difference?, Mallory Jean Mount
Experiential Learning In Dietetics: Can Diabetes Camp Make A Difference?, Mallory Jean Mount
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This longitudinal qualitative case study explored the knowledge, perceptions, confidence, and empathy gained by dietetics students during experiential learning at a residential diabetes camp. Qualitative research methods were used to explore and understand participants’ experience of hands-on involvement with type one diabetes, and what they learned at camp that cannot be learned in a classroom. Data were collected over two years at Camp Kno-Koma, the diabetes camp of West Virginia. This study suggests that experiential learning at diabetes camp can make an important contribution to the overall education of dietetics students. One year of experiential learning was beneficial to participating …