Lesson series
Nutrition Education Policy in Healthcare Practice (NEPHELP)
Aims
To train medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals about:
- The common problems with nutrition care in hospitals, the community and the transfer of nutrition care between the two;
- The use of appropriate screening tools to detect malnutrition and nutritional risks;
- The basics of first line nutrition interventions and how to translate this to patient care;
- The assessment, diagnosis and management of nutritional deficiencies;
- Appropriate onward referral and communication with nutrition specialist services.