Master's course in clinical nutrition. Part 3

Aim and Content

The course provides a thorough introduction to the pathology and diagnosis of somatic disease in adults, medical treatment and appropriate nutrition interventions. The aim is to give students sufficient knowledge of disease mechanisms and thereby enable them to give optimal, individual nutritional advice.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

- capable of explaining normal functions and metabolic changes occurring as a consequence of disease

Skills

- capable of estimating nutritional needs in adult disease

- capable of giving adapted nutritional advice in cases of acute and chronic disease

Competence

- the ability to communicate and cooperate with different health professionals, patients and their relatives

Course offered (semester)

Spring

Language of Instruction

Norwegian

Course Unit Level

Master¿s

Pre-requirements

Bachelor programme in human nutrition, NUCLI351 (UiB) and NUCLI352 (UiB)

Teaching Methods

Lectures, clinics, practical tasks and demonstration

Compulsory Requirements

Clinics, practical tasks and teaching demonstrations

Assessment methods

6-hour written exam

Grading Scale

Grading A ¿ F (A is the highest grade and F is a fail)

Course Unit Evaluation

Electronic evaluation

Contact Information

studie@med.uib.no/ +47 55 97 73 45 / +47 55 58 25 35