Table 1.

Course Distribution of Required Nutrition Contact Hours in U.S. Medical Schools During 2008–2009^*

Type of course	Schools providing part of their required nutrition instruction in this format, no.	No. of hours of nutrition teaching provided in this format, mean (SEM)
Nutrition	26	16.4 (1.7)
Physiology, pathophysiology, or pathology	36	5.7 (0.6)
Biochemistry	48	6.2 (0.6)
Integrated curriculum	62	11.9 (1.1)
Clinical practice	49	6.4 (0.7)
Other†	11	10.0 (3.1)

^*One hundred nine U.S. medical schools responded to a survey conducted in 2008–2009; 100 schools responded to the question about the course distribution of their required nutrition education (three schools requiring nutrition education did not indicate the number of hours). Note that schools could offer nutrition education in more than one type of course. SEM indicates standard error of the mean.

^†Includes clerkships and clinical rotation lectures, clinical foundations, problem-based learning, nutrition selective, and organ-based modules.