Nutrition and related lifestyle factors greatly impact well-being in health and disease. The evidence base for practical use of nutrition-based preventive and curative interventions is rapidly growing and implementation research steadily improves delivery of best practices. There is little doubt that health professionals can be more effective in their daily practice when they draw on current nutrition knowledge and effective clinical skills. The challenge is to fit a core set of this nutrition information into current undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare training schedules that are already bursting at the seams.

We invite nutrition educators and instructional investigators to contribute practice accounts and research articles, as well as review articles that illustrate current educational practices, describe innovative teaching methods, and demonstrate effective integration of nutrition into the curriculum.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Surveys of the state of nutrition education and the preparedness of healthcare professionals
• Definitions of clinical competencies and the scope of required knowledge items and clinical skill sets
• Efficacy evaluation of nutrition training courses, clerkships, and curricula
• Fitting competencies and specific clinical nutrition skills to the needs of stakeholders
• Translation of knowledge into best practice skills and mentoring of clinical performance
• Innovative approaches for teaching basic nutrition concepts and clinical practice principles
• Lifestyle improvement of healthcare providers and the significance of nutritional role models
• Effective nutrition instruction in resource-poor educational settings
• Educational frameworks for nutrition education, patient-centered instruction, and peer learning
• Computer-based instruction and virtual skill-enhancing practice environments