Fig. 3

Student perception of knowledge gained related to patient counseling. To assess how the course impacted students’ confidence in patient counseling, students were asked the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: “Participation in this course has improved my confidence in counseling patients to overcome the following common barriers to healthy eating.” 95% felt more confident in counseling patients to overcome the perception of insufficient time to eat healthy (4.36 ± 0.58), 95% felt more confident in counseling the belief that eating healthy on a budget is impossible (4.36 ± 0.73), 91% felt more confident on counseling unwillingness to give up unhealthy foods (4.27 ± 0.77), and 91% felt more confident counseling lack of patient confidence to prepare healthy food (4.36 ± 0.66). Additionally, 86% of participants felt more confident in offering nutritional advice to future patients (4.23 ± 0.69), and 77% felt more confident in taking a diet history (4.23 ± 0.81)