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Practical Aspects of Nutrition Therapy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:24.03.2022 14:52:44
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_165 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Laila Meija | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Sports and Nutrition | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suuk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| 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. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction into course program. Nutritional assessment in different life stages and different clinical situations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Practical approach to child nutrition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Women’s nutrition: adolescence, pregnancy, lactation and menopause. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Senior’s nutrition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Practical aspects of diet therapy in metabolic syndrome. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Actual topics in diet therapy: advantages and disadvantages of different diets. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 1 | Charney, P., Malone, A. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Nutrition Assessment 4th Revised edition. Diana Faulhaber, Publisher, 2021 | ||||||||
| 2 | Heyward, V. H., Wagner, D. R. Applied body composition assesment, Human Kinetics. 2004 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Mahan, L. Kathleen, Escott-Stump, Sylvia and Raymond, Janice L. Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process.13th Edition. 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Mann J, Truswell AS. Essentials of Human Nutrition, Oxford University Press, 2002 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Sobotka, Luboš, and Alastair Forbes. Basics in clinical nutrition. Vol. 1. No. 5th. Galen, 2019 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Danilāns, A. Gastroenteroloģija. Nacionālais apgāds, 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Nutrition Support. Editions Mary Hickson, and Sara Smith. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kasper, H. Ernärungsmedizin und Diätetik. Urban & Fischer, 2014 | ||||||||
| 4 | Pender, F. Clinical Cases in Dietetics. Blackwell Publishing, 2008 | ||||||||
| 5 | Clinical Nutrition. Edited by Rebecca J. Stratton, et al. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013. | ||||||||
| 6 | Vilsa, Judīte. Bērnu uzturs. Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2009 | ||||||||
| 7 | Width, M., Reinhard, T. The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition. 3rd Edition, 2020 | ||||||||
| 8 | Zariņš, Z., Neimane, L., Bodnieks, E. Uztura mācība. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2021. 422 lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | Starptautiskās uztura konferences “Nutrition and health” mājas lapa, kur pieejami kopsavilkumi | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Clinical Nutrition. An International Journal Devoted to Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism | ||||||||
| 2 | European Journal of Nutrition | ||||||||
| 3 | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | ||||||||
| 4 | British Jounal of Nutrition | ||||||||
| 5 | PubMed (datu bāze) | ||||||||
| 6 | www.espen.org https://www.bda.uk.com/ | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.eatright.org/ | ||||||||
| 8 | http://www.eufic.org/ | ||||||||
| 9 | http://nihseniorhealth.gov/ | ||||||||
| 10 | www.eatright.org | ||||||||
