Culinary Medicine 101: Where Science Meets the Kitchen-and Your Practice Thrives!
Join us for an immersive culinary and nutrition experience designed to empower healthcare professionals to transform patient and client outcomes through the power of food! In collaboration with Vetri Community Partnership, this event combines hands-on cooking with evidence-based nutrition education to help you bridge the gap between clinical knowledge and real-world application. Whether you're counseling patients on diabetes management, heart health, or obesity prevention, this event will equip you with the tools to make nutrition advice practical, accessible, and impactful.
Event Details
Date: Friday May 30th
Time: 9am - 2pm
Location: Driscoll Hall Atrium, 草榴社区
Professional Development Hours: 4 CPEs pending approval
Price: $165 (includes light breakfast, lunch, educational content and 4 CPEs)
Spots are limited, early registration is encouraged!
What to Expect
Hands-On Cooking. Roll up your sleeves and learn to prepare delicious, nutrient-packed meals that align with evidence-based guidelines, and which are designed for easy replication and instruction.
Interactive Learning. Engage in dynamic educational sessions and discussions that explore the science of nutrition and its role in preventing and managing chronic diseases while learning from inter-professional colleagues and culinary experts.
Patient-Centered Strategies. Discover how to inspire lasting behavior change by teaching patients easy and practical cooking strategies to maximize healthy meals.
Community Impact. Bring the principles of culinary medicine to life in your professional practice, just as Vetri Community Partnership does in schools and communities.
Networking. Connect with other professionals and share best practices for integrating culinary medicine into patient care.
Event Agenda
Networking Breakfast sponsored by Philadelphia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Philly AND). Connect with Philadelphia area nutrition professionals and learn how you can get more involved with Philly AND!
Learning Objectives
Review and practice the fundamentals of culinary medicine and its role in promoting health and preventing chronic diseases.
Learn evidence-based strategies to educate and motivate patients to adopt healthier eating habits through practical, food-based interventions.
Explore contemporary approaches for integrating culinary medicine into your professional practice, collaborating with other health professionals while motivating patients to adopt sustainable dietary changes.
Day's Timeline
10 am 鈥� 11 am
- Introduction of Vetri Community Partnership (VCP) and Culinary Medicine Team
- Overview of Vetri Community Partnership鈥檚 work with medical students, practitioners, and patients
- Discussion of the ways teaching kitchens and culinary medicine programs are impactful tools in preventing and managing diet-related chronic disease
- VCP鈥檚 considerations, accommodations, and incorporation of food access and cultural competence in culinary medicine programs
- Review of the drivers of behavior change in culinary nutrition education
- Small group breakouts to discuss the art of the cooking demonstration
11am 鈥� 11:30am
- VCP approach to culinary nutrition cooking experience.
11:30am 鈥� 1pm
- Hands-on cooking experiences with guidance from VCP staff.
1pm Lunch (enjoy what you made!)
1:30pm 鈥� 2pm
- Small group presentations of recipes and discussion of how to make culinary nutrition experiences practical, accessible, and impactful.
Vetri Community Partnership and Culinary Medicine Team
Tara Desmond, Culinary Medicine Program Manager
Ambrazia Sublett, MS, RDN, LD, VCP Culinary Medicine Dietitian
Vicki Mines, Nutrition Educator, MPH Candidate
Tara Bledsoe, MS, RDN, LDN, VCP Community Dietitian
Event Partners
鈥檚 mission is to provide nutrition education through cooking for people of all ages that nourishes minds, bodies, and communities. Vetri Community Partnership鈥檚 Culinary Medicine program features hands-on cooking workshops to enhance providers鈥� nutritional knowledge that can be translated into real-world applications for counseling future patients and clients. The goal is to empower providers to consider how food and diet can affect and be included in one鈥檚 well-being and treatment plan. Program participants will develop practical cooking skills while preparing recipes tailored to support healthful eating practices.
is an organization of dietetic professionals with a goal of empowering members of the Philadelphia district to be the region's food and nutrition leaders and optimize the public鈥檚 health through food and nutrition.
Why Attend?
Earn CPEs (dietitians)
Boost your own cooking skills and kitchen IQ so that you can confidently discuss nutrition and cooking with your patients and clients.
Inspire change and learn how to empower your patients to take control of their health through the joy of cooking and eating well.
Leave with a toolkit of recipes and resources to share with your patients and colleagues.
Who Should Attend?
Dietitians
Nurses
Certified Culinary Medicine Specialists
Community Health Workers
Physician Assistants
Physicians
All healthcare professionals are encouraged to register and attend.
Questions?
Contact us at mcner@villanova.edu
