The School of Pharmacy and Nutrition hosts the IV National workshop of academic staff of Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

The School of Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University of Navarra hosted on June 13 and 14 the IV National workshop of academic staff of Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. academic staff from different Spanish universities enjoyed a space for reflection around the internship professor of Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, all with a clear goal: to improve and optimize the process of teaching and learning in order to provide a comprehensive training in the university environment within this Degree. Following the motto that governs the workshop: "Innovating towards excellence", during these two days about twenty papers were presented which reflected the effort of the academic staff of the Degree to articulate educational experiences in the classroom that have as common denominator the reinvention of the internship professor adapted to the new reality of the classrooms and society. Thus, there was an opportunity for the speakers to present to the audience their projects, research and innovations based on the introduction of new methodologies, the employment of new audiovisual and transmedia languages such as podcasts, virtual and interactive experiences such as Escape Rooms, the employment of gamification techniques, the use of social networks such as Tik Tok for educational purposes or the employment of artificial intelligence.

One of the novelties of this IV edition of the conference was the submission awards for the best Final Projects Degree. This is the first edition of these awards granted by the lecture Spanish Association of Deans of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.

In addition, in line with the search for the integral training of student body, there was time for reflection by the hand of Full Professor Enrique Piñero on how Education should be to transform society as well as the role of teachers in promoting the mental health of university students.

Tribute to the pioneers

In this workshop in addition to having a scientifically attractive program, it also became the ideal scenario to pay tribute to the first board Directive of the lecture Spanish Association of Deans of Human Nutrition and Dietetics: Ms. Pilar Cervera, Ms. Margarita Alonso, Mr. Màrius Durán, and Ms. Adela Martínez-Cachá who, looking back, recalled their efforts to ensure that dietitian-nutritionist is a health professional and that the Spanish Society of Dietitians and Dietitians of Human Nutrition is a health professional. Màrius Durán, and Ms. Adela Martínez-Cachá who, looking back, recalled their efforts to ensure that the dietitian-nutritionist is a health professional and that the university programs of study of Human Nutrition and Dietetics were consolidated as an official degree scroll of Degree.