Abstract:

Rationale:
Clinicians and citizens are showing greater interest in the human intestinal microbiota. A good example of this is the growing amount of news published in the daily press on this subject or the fact that there are companies that analyze the composition of our intestinal microbiota after sending a fecal sample. Although slowly, society's concept of microorganisms is changing, and we are starting to understand that the microorganisms that are part of our microbiota and of different ecological environments are considered to have a common beneficial impact under the ONE HEALTH concept. The individual microbial components of human microbiota microorganisms are important in nutrition, biotechnology, pharma-based products, bioeconomy and can play a fundamental role in states of health and disease.

Thus, the need arises to Tutorize Undergraduate Students (Pharmacy, Nutrition, and Food and Science Technology of Foods degrees) for the Transfer and interpretation of specialized knowledge in the composition and functionality of the microbiota and its possible implications in health, nutrition and biotechnology for citizens.

Students from these degrees will face the need to provide professional advice based on the rigor of the latest scientific advances in this field, especially on intestinal microbiota. However, these studies are not always easy to interpret due to the complexity of the data obtained with omics techniques and multidimensional aspects.

Within this Tutoring plan, we are aiming to implement two lines of action: first, to make students aware of the importance of interpreting the results of published scientific studies on human microbiota. To this end, we propose carrying out different training activities (Workshops on 1. Documentation sources, 2. Results Interpretation and 3. European Regulations for prebiotic products, probiotics as microbiota modulating agents, new bioactive compounds, and novel foods). All of these are aimed at providing university students with the opportunity to acquire the necessary competencies and skills to search for relevant information and interpret the results. Second, tutoring to learn to contextualize a report on the composition and/or function of the intestinal microbiota in order to offer advice on the microbiota based on scientific evidence and thus be able to transfer appropriate knowledge in this area. The two lines are complementary for the success and execution of the Tutorial Action Plan.

Keywords:

Microbiota, nutrition, tutoring plan, interpretation of results, health advice.