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The Faculty-Governed Nutrition Competency Playbook

Map your curriculum to the nutrition competency framework — and close the gap without adding lecture hours.

For curriculum leaders in medical, residency, and nursing programs. Upload your syllabi; the Playbook maps them to the nutrition competency framework for your program and shows where you're already covered and where the gaps are — every match anchored to a verbatim line from your own materials, every call made by your faculty. You close the gaps as a competency equivalent: students demonstrate what they already learn through short, scored reflections — no new lecture hours.

Free for your first Playbook · No credit card · Access reviewed within 1 business day

HHS Medical Education Nutrition Competency Framework · January 2026 · In partnership with American Nutrition Association · Powered by Learner+
71HHS competencies
10Curriculum domains
3Program types · medical · residency · nursing
40–53hCompetency equivalent

What you walk away with

Three things you can put in front of the people who ask — your committee, your accreditor, your funder. Built from your own curriculum, signed off by your faculty, and reviewed by our team before anything goes out.

01 · Institutional Crosswalk

Know exactly where you stand against your program's competency target.

A live crosswalk of your curriculum against the framework, sorted into three tiers — Verified Coverage, Reflection-Addressable, and Strategic Gaps — and broken down by domain. Every match shows the verbatim line from your own materials that backs it, and nothing lands until your faculty accept, edit, or reject it. The decisions are theirs, not the model's.

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02 · Set up the space

Close the gap as a competency equivalent — not by adding lecture hours.

The target is a competency equivalent — 40h for medical and residency, 53h for nursing. Where your curriculum already covers a competency, students demonstrate it quickly; where there's a gap, they learn and demonstrate it through short scored reflections (10–15 min each), with curated ANA content offered the moment a gap shows up.

Reflection is the proof. A competency counts only when the engine scores the demonstration against a faculty-reviewable clinical anchor — not on self-reported confidence. Prompts draw on your own curriculum and ANA-vetted content, so even a reflection-only path is grounded in current evidence.

Students build their own path. Each learner picks which competencies to demonstrate and reaches the target at their own pace — not a fixed, identical assignment. Same target, a different route for every student. You open the space with one invite link and an LMS embed for Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, or MedHub.

Reflection space · illustrative

A worked example: 8.5h demonstrated through reflection, 4.0h supported by ANA content.

via reflection8.5h
via ANA content4.0h
Beyond the target: more competencies in the framework available to demonstrate as you go.
03 · Stakeholder Reports

Evidence built for the people who actually read it.

Three packages — Dean & Curriculum Committee, Accreditor, Grant officer. You request a report; the Learner+ team reviews it and publishes it. Never auto-generated, never inflated. Each one cites the framework version and primary source, shows your HHS Foundational 40 / high-evidence / JAMA 2024 alignment, and ships as a downloadable snapshot plus a 30-day signed link the recipient opens without an account — documentation you can bring to a site visit or accreditation review.

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Curriculum Coverage Summary
Example · UME · for internal committee review
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25.5h
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How it works

Three steps, one Playbook. Auto-saved as you go.

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Curriculum

Drop in syllabi, learning objectives, course atlases. The engine proposes competency matches with verbatim evidence excerpts and confidence scores; faculty accept, edit, or reject each one. The result is a read-only crosswalk: what you already cover, and the gaps triaged into Reflection-Addressable and Strategic Gaps.

~25 minutes
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Set up the space

One invite link opens the reflection space. Students reflect on a personalized mix toward the competency-equivalent target — Quick Reflect where your curriculum already covers it, Learn & Reflect for the gaps. Class code and LMS embed ready to drop into Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, or MedHub.

~5 minutes
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Report

Request a Dean, Accreditor, or Grant report. Our team reviews and publishes a vetted snapshot you can download or share via signed link — never auto-generated.

~1 business day

What you can count on

We're clear about what the tool does, what it doesn't, and what stays your institution's call. No claims you'd have to walk back later.

  • The engine assists faculty judgment — it doesn't replace it. It proposes; your faculty accept, edit, or reject. Every match is anchored to a verbatim line from your own materials.
  • Medical and residency programs map to the HHS Medical Education Nutrition Competency Framework (January 2026 — 71 competencies, 10 domains). Nursing maps to an AACN-aligned v1 set for faculty validation.
  • Outputs are self-attestation — your institution remains the record of decision. We don't claim authority we don't have.
  • Reports are reviewed by the Learner+ team before publication. Never auto-generated, never inflated.
  • No PHI accepted. ANA content is referenced, never reproduced or redistributed. Built with the American Nutrition Association; Learner+ is the credentialing partner.
  • The HHS framework is a voluntary commitment as of March 2026 — not yet codified by LCME or ACGME. We track both for changes.

Common questions

Does this require us to add curriculum hours?

No. The target is a competency equivalent, not seat time — students demonstrate competency on what they already learn through 10–15 minute structured reflections, not new lecture hours. Where a Strategic Gap exists (foundational biochemistry, etc.), curated ANA content is offered in the moment rather than asking faculty to build new material. Faculty time goes into reviewing the crosswalk, not teaching more.

Do students all complete the same assignment?

No — and that's the point. Each student builds their own path to the competency equivalent: they choose which competencies to demonstrate and accumulate their own hours at their own pace, rather than being marched through a fixed, identical assignment. Everyone reaches the same target; no two students get there the same way. A demonstration only counts when the engine scores it at or above the proof bar against a faculty-reviewable clinical anchor.

Does pure reflection actually leverage the latest evidence?

Yes. Reflection prompts on the student side draw on both your curriculum (the matched excerpts from your uploaded materials) and ANA-vetted content summaries — the Reflective Nutrition Suite AI Engine surfaces both as it runs the reflection. So a "reflection-only" path still grounds learners in current evidence, not just personal opinion.

How long does a first pass take?

Usually about 30 minutes from upload to an open reflection space, depending on how much curriculum you load. Reports come back within 1 business day of your request. Auto-saved throughout — leave and return when you have time.

What if a proposed competency match is off?

Every match is editable. The platform only proposes — your faculty's accept, edit, or reject decisions are what stand. Faculty judgment is the final call.

What does the HHS framework mean for accreditation?

It's a voluntary commitment as of March 2026 — not yet an LCME or ACGME requirement. Every report we publish includes that disclosure verbatim.

Who sees our curriculum data?

Stored in Firestore, partitioned per institution. The Learner+ team accesses it only during report review. We never accept PHI.

Can I share reports with people who don't have an account?

Yes. Every published report can generate a 30-day read-only share link your dean, accreditor, or grant officer can open without signing in.

What if HHS revises the framework?

We update the underlying data and you can re-run your crosswalk. Your previous reports remain immutable snapshots — what you sent stays what you sent.

Ready to walk into your next accreditation cycle prepared?

A faculty-governed Playbook that turns your syllabi into a crosswalk against the nutrition competency framework — and a reflection space where students demonstrate their own competency equivalent.

Free for your first Playbook. Reports reviewed by our team within 1 business day.

Your Playbooks

A faculty-governed playbook that maps your curriculum to the nutrition competency framework for your program, shows the gap to the required hours, and gives you the path to close it — as a competency equivalent, without adding lecture time.

How a Playbook works

  1. Curriculum. Drop in materials (files, text, or links). Faculty review the proposed competency matches — accept, edit, or reject each. The result is your crosswalk: Verified Coverage, Reflection-Addressable, and Strategic Gaps against your target.
  2. Set up the space. Publish one invite link. Each student builds their own path to the competency equivalent — choosing which competencies to demonstrate and accumulating their own hours, with ANA content offered where a gap surfaces.
  3. Report. Request a Dean, Accreditor, or Grant report — our team reviews and publishes a vetted snapshot you download or share via signed link.

Typical first run: ~15–30 minutes. Auto-saved as you go.

Start a new Playbook

Name this playbook (your institution is set once on your account / report cover — not per playbook).

Framework note. The HHS Medical Education Nutrition Competency Framework is a voluntary commitment (53 U.S. medical schools as of March 2026), not yet codified in LCME or ACGME requirements. The nursing competency set is an AACN-aligned v1 mapping for faculty validation. This tool produces faculty-governed, self-attestation outputs; the institution remains the Institutional System of Record.
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