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Practical Aspects of Nutrition Therapy

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:26.08.2024 15:50:58
Study Course Information
Course Code:SUUK_165LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Nutrition ScienceTarget Audience:Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Laila Meija
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suukatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)6Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures12
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes12
Total Contact Hours24
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Anatomy, physiology and fundamentals of internal medicine, knowledge of the official language, English reading skills.
Objective:
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge of the basic principles of clinical nutrition, it`s impact on the course and outcome of the disease, as well as the practical aspects of nutritional therapy at different stages of life and in different clinical situations.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Introduction into course program. Nutritional assessment in different life stages and different clinical situations.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
2Practical approach to child nutrition.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
3Women’s nutrition: adolescence, pregnancy, lactation and menopause.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Senior’s nutrition.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
5Practical aspects of diet therapy in metabolic syndrome.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
6Actual topics in diet therapy: advantages and disadvantages of different diets.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Independent work of students is organised on individual basis and/or in working groups by assigning the following tasks: to prepare independently for seminars, examinations (E1, E2), final examination (E3); to study literature on topics related to respective course.
Assessment Criteria:
The final rating of the study course will be resulted from the Intermediate assessment: 1)2 presentations (25%); 2)2 written tasks (25%) Final assessment: 3)Examination, which consists of written and oral part (50%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:1)Understanding the evaluation of nutrition in people at different stages of life. 2)Explain the effects of age and disease in relation to nutrient needs. 3)Understands the different types of nutrition treatments and diets.
Skills:1) to perform nutritional screening and assessment; 2) to make basic diet recommendations for children in different age groups, adults’, elderly people, as well as patients with specific problems and different eating habits
Competencies:Ability to assess nutritional needs and provide with diet recommendations people in different life stages with different eating habits
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Charney, P., Malone, A. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Nutrition Assessment 4th Revised edition. Diana Faulhaber, Publisher, 2021
2Heyward, V. H., Wagner, D. R. Applied body composition assesment, Human Kinetics. 2004 (akceptējams izdevums)
3Mahan, L. Kathleen, Escott-Stump, Sylvia and Raymond, Janice L. Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process.13th Edition. 2012. (akceptējams izdevums)
4Mann J, Truswell AS. Essentials of Human Nutrition, Oxford University Press, 2002 (akceptējams izdevums)
5Sobotka, Luboš, and Alastair Forbes. Basics in clinical nutrition. Vol. 1. No. 5th. Galen, 2019
Additional Reading
1Danilāns, A. Gastroenteroloģija. Nacionālais apgāds, 2007
2Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Nutrition Support. Editions Mary Hickson, and Sara Smith. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central.
3Kasper, H. Ernärungsmedizin und Diätetik. Urban & Fischer, 2014
4Pender, F. Clinical Cases in Dietetics. Blackwell Publishing, 2008
5Clinical Nutrition. Edited by Rebecca J. Stratton, et al. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
6Vilsa, Judīte. Bērnu uzturs. Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2009
7Width, M., Reinhard, T. The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition. 3rd Edition, 2020
8Zariņš, Z., Neimane, L., Bodnieks, E. Uztura mācība. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2021. 422 lpp.
9Starptautiskās uztura konferences “Nutrition and health” mājas lapa, kur pieejami kopsavilkumi
Other Information Sources
1Clinical Nutrition. An International Journal Devoted to Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
2European Journal of Nutrition
3The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
4British Jounal of Nutrition
5PubMed (datu bāze)
6www.espen.org https://www.bda.uk.com/
7http://www.eatright.org/
8http://www.eufic.org/
9http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
10www.eatright.org