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A focus group is a small
group of individuals whose response to something (a new product
or an advertising campaign) is studied to determine the response
that can be expected from a larger population.
At the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, focus groups
of medical students meet throughout the academic year to respond
to specific questions about the nutrition content in the curriculum,
to review new nutrition education materials that are being developed,
and to provide input regarding the need for additional nutrition
instruction and training.
The focus group meetings are generally held during the noon hour,
lunch is provided, and students respond to a specific set of questions
at each meeting. Dr. Linda Perkowski, Director of Medical Education
at UT-Houston serves as a moderator for the focus group discussions.
A summary of each focus
group meeting is posted on this website.
Focus
Group Meeting: October
9, 2001
Participants: MS I, III, IV
Focus
Group Meeting: April
10, 2001
Topic: Review of Web-based Module: Nutrition in Preventive
Medicine
Participants: 5 MSI, MSII, and MSIII students
Focus
Group Meeting:
March 8, 2001
Topic: Nutrition preparedness of MSIV
Participants: Six MSIV students
Focus
Group Meeting: February
21, 2001
Topic: Review of Nutrition Elective
Participants: 5 MSI and MSII
Focus
Group Meeting: November
16, 2000
Topic: Identifying nutrition content in the existing curriculum
Participants: 2 MSI, 3 MSII, and 3 MSIV
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