Nutrition and Medical Dietetics

Module:

Basic Sciences

ECTS:

3

Contact hours – lectures:

30

Contact hours – seminar:

15

Contact hours – clinical exercises:

0

Contact hours – clinical practice:

0

Holder of subject:

Dr Cirila Hlastan Ribič, Associate Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Cirila Hlastan Ribič, Associate Professor
• Rok Poličnik, Assistant

Level of study:

First Bologna cycle professional education study program

Semester:

Summer

Language:

Slovene/English
 

Subject specific competences:

The student:

• basics of nutritional support to an organism in different periods of lifetime, physical conditions and diseases;
• basic definitions and metabolism of healthy, handicapped and sick population;
• significancance of clinical nutrition as an integral part of preventive and curative medicine;
• significance of clinical nutrition knowledge;
• specifics of clinical nutrition activities in health care system of Slovenia.
• discriminate between the nutrition of healthy, handicapped and sick population;
• application of basic principles of clinical nutrition in practice;
• allowing for the agents of health care system in applying the skills and knowledge of clinical nutrition in practice.
   

Mandatory and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Pokorn, D. Dietna prehrana bolnika (1st reprint). Ljubljana: Marbona; 2005.
• Pokorn D. Prehrana v različnih življenskih obdobjih. (1st reprint). Ljubljana: Marbona; 2004.
• Mahan K, Escott-Stump S. Krause's Food, Nutrition & Diet therapy (12th ed). St. Louis: Sounders Elsevier; 2008.
• Rolfes SR, Pinna K, Whitney EN. Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition. Belmont: Wadsworth; 2005.

Recommended references:

• Sobotka L. Basics in clinical nutrition. 3th ed. Praga: Galen; 2004.
• Nix S. Williams' Basic Nutrition And Diet Therapy. 12th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby Inc., Elsevier Science; 2005.
• Peckenpaugh NJ. Nutrition Essentials and Diet Therapy. 10th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Saunders Elsevier; 2007.
   

Study obligations:

• 30% obligatory attendance at lectures
• 100% obligatory attendance at seminars
• seminar work

Assessment methods:

• written examination (80%)
• assignments (20%)