Abstract

Objective: Case-based learning is recognized as an effective teaching approach; however, the implementation of case-based approach has not been well researched among graduate dietitians. The present study aims to implement a case-based approach in dietitians.

Methods: The study was carried out with 24 dietitians from 15 different centres. At first, the topic of clinical nutritional disorders was presented to all the participants, and then case-based learning program was implemented. A questionnaire was used to attain the participants’ opinions of the workshop and a nutritional knowledge test was used to assess end-of-workshop performance.

Results: All the participants experienced case-based learning for the first time. The nutritional knowledge level of the dietitians increased statistically significantly in the post-intervention compared to the pre-intervention (p<0.001). In the survey, most dietitians reported positive feedback on the implementation of the case-based approach workshop.

Conclusions: This study shows that case-based approach can be an effective method in dietitian education and provides an alternative format for the implementation.

Keywords: case-based approach, dietitians, nutrition, education

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Copyright © 2024 The author(s). This is an open-access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Ulusoy H, Kangalgil M, Bayramoğlu U, Kanberoğlu S. Implementation of a case-based approach workshop for clinical dietitians. Clin Sci Nutr. 2024;6(3):153-159. doi:10.62210/ClinSciNutr.2024.96

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