In this third in our series on dietitians in medical education, James spoke to Dr Tim Eden RD. As someone who previously trained and worked in dietetics and then went on to study and practice medicine, he is great fit for this project and NNEdPro at large! Tim is currently working in a junior fellowship in gastroenterology and continues his role on both the NNEdPro Global Innovation Panel and the NNEdPro COVID-19 Taskforce. In this conversation, James and Tim spoke about: - Progression of...

In this second episode of our series on dietitians in medical nutrition education, Elaine Macaninch RD spoke with Dr Duane Mellor RD. Dr Mellor is a UK Registered Dietitian and a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Medical School. He has published over 60 papers in the fields of dietetics, nutrition and food science. Having spent the first decade of his career working in diabetes care as a dietitian he moved into research where he investigated the effects of dark chocolate on cardiovascular risk...

This is the first episode in a new series that we are running on dietitians in medical nutrition education and other, non-traditional occupations. We hope to highlight and endorse the work being done by so many dietitians and try to understand how their training and experience can influence other disciplines and professionals. In this first episode, James spoke with Dr Alyce Wilson. Dr Wilson is a qualified dietitian and nutritionist who subsequently trained in medicine and now practices in...

In this episode, James had the opportunity to sit with members from Maldon District Council and some of the people who work with it's partner organisations. In it, they discussed the challenge for public health bodies in the face of COVID-19, the programmes they have implemented and how people can help in their local areas. They also discussed: - Voluntary Sector Infrastructure - Emergency food parcels - Public health interventions: Stay at Home, Grow Your Own - Effective...

This week, James spoke with Alan Flanagan, a PhD researcher at the University of Surrey and the founder of Alinea Nutrition. Though many of the recent podcasts having centred around the ongoing coronavirus crisis, this conversation is an in-depth look at nutrition research under a number of headings. They discuss topics such as: - Research from epidemiology to RCTs - The nature of evidence - The hierarchy of evidence - Confounders vs. mediators Social media links: - @NNEdPro (Twitter,...

This weeks episode is a conversation between James and Professor Shumone Ray, the Founding Chair and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Centre. Building on the last episode with Dr Ronita Bardhan, they discussed: - Food systems - Complexities of the food environment - The TIGR2ESS Programme UN Standing Committee on Nutrition: https://www.unscn.org/en/news-events/recent-news?idnews=2039 TIGR2ESS: Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food...

This week, James spoke with building scientist and urban engineer, Dr Ronita Bardhan. The conversation centred around India's slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) policy and what this means for public health. They further discussed: - How India has been affected by COVID-19 - How social distancing is a privilege and is more difficult SRH - Building design and its role in maintaining health - Food choices and eating behaviour in SRH Free webinar:...

In this episode, James spoke with Dr Tim Eden RD who is on a critical care rotation in a London hospital. Tim spoke about the challenges of working as a doctor and a dietitian in the current pandemic as well as giving some advice to the public. This conversation covers a number of points such as: - Working conditions - The role of different healthcare professionals - What Tim has learned so far - Nutritional challenges in the ICU - Food security Coronavirus: Inside an ICU fighting...

Following on from the first half of their conversation, Shane and Elaine talk more about diabetes in primary care based on the paper "Exploring the provision of diabetes nutrition education by practice nurses in primary care settings (Gianfrancesco & Johnson, 2019). Afterwards, James and Shane discussed some implications as well a brief discussion around carbohydrates and other research. This conversation includes: - Teaching medical students about nutrition - Signposting...

In this episode two members of our Global Innovation Panel, Elaine and Shane sat down to talk about a paper that raised interesting discussion within our virtual journal club. The paper is "Exploring the provision of diabetes nutrition education by practice nurses in primary care settings (Gianfrancesco & Johnson, 2019) During the course of the conversation, they discussed many things including: - Do the issues raised in the paper reflect the national picture? - Where responsibility...

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In this very first episode of the NNEdPro podcast, James spoke with Dr Luke Buckner of the Global Innovation Panel about his recent attendance at Inside Governments "Raising Hospital Food and Nutrition Standards Across the NHS" forum. We also spoke about the logistics of feeding people in hospital, how nutrition is everyone's business and what else Luke is getting up to. If you want to get in touch with NNEdPro then please do connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or via our website...