Dear Dr Vaccaro, I have studied human nutrition many years ago when there were not the ISPP. The best way to become proficient in a subject, in my opinion, is to do research and teach that topic. To do research you have to study hard, ask you questions, analyze the methods for answers. To teach you have to study even more, you have to know how to grasp the essentials, but above all always have students or young researchers who will "push" with their questions and their intelligence.
Even the clinical observation is obviously essential, but the field of dietetics is very difficult, because there are many variables involved and the observed effects (I mean the effects of diet) are often mild and are seen in the medium to long term. In other areas of medicine it is easier to learn by experience, in the case of the diet I think is very very difficult (in the face of what appears on the Internet, where everyone knows everything and knows for sure). In human nutrition all doctors, all biologists, all pharmacists, and even half of the citizens, believe they are experts, even if they have not studied. This causes many errors and much confusion. Therefore, I am in favor of in-depth, controlled graduation systems, possibly after Medical studies..
Dear Dr Vaccaro, I have studied human nutrition many years ago when there were not the ISPP. The best way to become proficient in a subject, in my opinion, is to do research and teach that topic. To do research you have to study hard, ask you questions, analyze the methods for answers. To teach you have to study even more, you have to know how to grasp the essentials, but above all always have students or young researchers who will "push" with their questions and their intelligence.
Even the clinical observation is obviously essential, but the field of dietetics is very difficult, because there are many variables involved and the observed effects (I mean the effects of diet) are often mild and are seen in the medium to long term. In other areas of medicine it is easier to learn by experience, in the case of the diet I think is very very difficult (in the face of what appears on the Internet, where everyone knows everything and knows for sure). In human nutrition all doctors, all biologists, all pharmacists, and even half of the citizens, believe they are experts, even if they have not studied. This causes many errors and much confusion. Therefore, I am in favor of in-depth, controlled graduation systems, possibly after Medical studies..
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