Transforming Nutrition Education in Healthcare – with Nutritank’s Dr Iain Broadley and Alice Elizabeth Benskin (S4 E5)

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.

In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Nutritank co-founder Dr Iain Broadley, and Nutrition Education Lead and Senior Nutritionist, Alice Elizabeth Benskin, about Nutritank’s mission to provide the highest quality medical education on food, nutrition and lifestyle medicineto healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care.

Here are our key takeaways:

Nutritank was founded to address the lack of nutritioneducation in medical schools and has since successfully campaigned for nutrition to be included in the medical curriculum. Hear how this significant achievement willhelp mitigate perpetuation of nutrition misinformation and empower healthcare professionals to better support their patients. (Skip to 34:05 to hear Iain articulate Nutritank’s objectives)

Collaboration with various stakeholders is essential foreffective curriculum development. These included medical student bodies, Royal Colleges, Association for Nutrition(AfN), NHS leaders and government stakeholders.

The NHS is shifting towards preventive care with the recent NHS 10 year plan for England. Iain shares his view as both a medical professional, and from the perspective ofalignment with NutriTank's mission (Iain 34:05)

Nutrition professionals have a key role to play – Alicewould like to see more AfN Registered Nutritionists working in NHS spaces being part of this change (Alice 45:21). It ismade clear that it is not a choice between medical interventions or nutrition intervention – “alongside is what we are going for” (Iain 12:57)

Nutritank are accessible and affordable, leading the way in democratising access to evidence-based training for medics and health professionals. Providing CPD opportunities and work experience, be a nutrition champion and be part of Nutritank’s mission! (Alice, 47:45)

With champions like Iain and Alice, the future of nutrition in healthcare looks promising!

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