TABLE 3.

Nutrition Education Methodology.

	USA (n=36)	Canada (n=4)	Mexico (n=3)
Percentage taught by:
MD	60.9	51.2	80.0
MD/PhD	8.2	22.5	3.3
PhD	0	0	0
Masters	0.4	3.8	0
RD*	30.5	22.5	16.7
Percentage taught through:
Lectures	20.0	17.5	19.0
Clinical Care	57.1	58.7	48.3
Directed Reading	12.4	12.5	20.3
Problem Based	10.5	11.3	12.4
Competency Assessments through:#
Written Tests	12 (33.3)	1 (25)	2 (66.6)
Questions to Individual Fellows	28 (77.7)	4 (100)	1 (33.3)
Questions to Groups of Fellows	23 (63.8)	4 (100)	1 (33.3)
Other (e.g. Presentations, etc)	26 (72.2)	2 (50)	2 (66.6)

^*Registered Dietician

^# Indicated as number (percentage of total respondents); competency assessments are not mutually exclusive