School of Medicine

Nutrition Curriculum Initiative

Nutrition Curriculum Initiative


LSU Health School of Medicine in New Orleans has launched a comprehensive assessment of its nutrition curriculum across its required courses and clerkships. Curriculum leaders utilized a curriculum database program to identify all class sessions and materials related to nutrition and utilized a consensus process to map content to the nutrition competencies outlined in the 2024 JAMA Consensus Statement.  The current curriculum includes teaching in several of the domains, including Foundational Nutritional Knowledge, Nutrition Assessment and Diagnosis, Communication Skills, and Public Health Nutrition.  While clinical teaching in the clerkship phase builds on foundational knowledge from the preclerkship phase, the group identified opportunities for enhanced longitudinal teaching, interprofessional collaboration, and application activities related to patient counseling. Dr. Lauri Byerley, our faculty champion for nutrition education, will work with curricular leaders and course and clerkship directors to ensure that enhancements are logical and practical for student use with their patients.