The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education.
HHS said in a release that eight medical school organizations had agreed to “increase nutrition requirements at every level of U.S. medical education, competency-evaluation, training, and residency.”
The release did not specify what these increased requirements will be. Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced partnerships with dozens of medical schools that would incorporate 40 hours of nutrition education before graduation.
The medical school groups who signed on to participate include: The National Board of Medical Examiners, The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, The American Board of Medical Specialties, The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.
The LCME’s participation in HHS’s nutrition push signals a major endorsement by the medical establishment, being the leading accrediting authority in the U.S. for M.D. programs.
