MAERN4200 Clinical Nutrition Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

In this course, students will learn how to make simple nutritional assessments and how to provide dietary advice for users and patients. Different types of special diets and nutritional supplements are discussed in this context. The students will be given an introduction to rules and regulations concerning practical nutrition work, including the roles of different expert groups in this work.

Completed MAERN4100 Energy and Nutrients.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Nutrition Competencies for Health Personnel.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe and dicuss how key nutritional challenges are treated using diet in selected user and patient groups
• can assess the need for and compare different types of special diets and nutritional supplements
• can describe how the effect of certain medication can affect nutritional status, and vice versa

Skills

The student

• can perform a simple nutritional assessment of users and patients
• can provide dietary advice

General competence

The student

• can describe and discuss ethical aspects related to dietary treatment of disease
• knows responsibilities in multidisciplinary nutritional work and can collaborate with clinical dietitians and other health professionals

The course includes synchronous hybrid webseminars, in addition to asynchronous self-study. The teaching and learning methods will encompass student-active work methods, and a combination of lectures and group work, as well as real real-life case-based learning and digital learning tools. The student is responsible to be up-to-date on activities and academic content in the learning platforms.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• Preparation of a diet for a group selected by the student - report of 1,000 words +/- 10%

Individual home examination - online multiple choice with open and closed questions. Duration 1 (one) hour.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

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