OVERVIEW

Clinical nutrition and the role of nutrition in the treatment medical and surgical disorders 

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will be able to

Know the nutritional needs in the  healthy subjects and the ill patients

Asses the nutritional status

Make diagnosis of protein and calorie malnutrition

Plan a parenteral or enteral nutritional support

Collaborate with dietary intervention to the medical or surgical therapies

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Assessment of nutritional status

Therapy of energy and protein malnutrition

Parenteral nutrition

Dietary therapy of medical diseases

Therapy or alimentary allergies

Vegetarian alimentation

Therapy of vitamin defects

Nutritional therapy

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA (President)

ROBERTO PONTREMOLI (President)

GIOVANNI ADAMI

FULVIO BRAIDO

MARCO CANEPA

MARCO AMEDEO CIMMINO

RENZO CORDERA

LUCIA DEL MASTRO

MANUELE FURNARI

GIORGIO GHIGLIOTTI

EDOARDO GIOVANNI GIANNINI

ROBERTO MASSIMO LEMOLI

ANTONIETTA MARIA MARTELLI

LAURA AMBRA NICOLINI

FRANCESCO PUPPO

ALBERTO SULLI

FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI

ELISA ZANARDI

PATRIZIA ZENTILIN

ANDREA DE MARIA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Student must stand a final examination which is related to the entire I.C., and includes all the disciplines - to verify the achievement of required learning outcomes. The final mark  is expressed in fractions of 30.To pass final exam students have to answer correctly at least enough questions to totalize18 points. Multiple choice questions will be based on all the topics of the course and will be designed to test the level of knowledge and  ability of in-depth clinical analysis and skills developed by the student.

Exam schedule