Clinical Nutrition CPD MED5370

  • Academic Session: 2023-24
  • School: School of Medicine Dentistry and Nursing
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes

Short Description

Students will study aspects of clinical nutrition

Timetable

Classes meet several times a week during semester 2.

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

A 90 min exam

 

A coursework/set exercise activity where students will consider nutrition problems and nutritional management options (approx. 2000-2500 words).

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

To provide students with the skills to obtain, and critically evaluate the scientific evidence, and thus master the principles of disordered nutrition in the aetiology of disease, as a consequence of disease, and in the management of disease (including primary nutritional disease).

To provide students with skills, which with experience will lead to competency in the identification of at-risk patients whose nutritional status should be assessed, and in the practical assessment of nutritional status.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:.

■ Critically review the factors which contribute to nutritional status, and its screening or assessment in health and disease.

■ Discuss practical aspects and the evidence base for the major nutritional issues and their management in disease.

■ Discuss the impact of nutritional status and support on clinical outcomes and disease prognosis for a variety of diseases in children and adults.

■ Critique the principles and evidence behind generic clinical guidelines and their role in clinical practice.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.