Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 191-192 , May 2008

Case-based Nutrition Teaching for Medical Students

This paper was presented as a poster at the annual meeting of CREOG-APGO on March 2-5, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Ashlesha K. Dayal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Ashlesha K. Dayal, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1825 Eastchester Road, 7th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461; Phone: (718) 904-2767; Fax: (718) 904-2799
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  • Peter Van Eerden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • Linda Gillespie, MSEd

      Affiliations

    • Division of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • Nadine T. Katz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • Lisa Rucker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Ambulatory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • ,
  • Judith Wylie Rosett, EdD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

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PII: S1499-4046(07)00991-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.09.010

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 191-192 , May 2008

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