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Clinical Diet & Approach for Cancer Patients in Chemo/Radio
83 students
What you'll learn
- Provide specific clinical guidelines for the timely detection and treatment of malnutrition in cancer patients
- Offer appropriate guidance to healthcare professionals (and patients) for proper intervention in cancer patients, especially undergoing chemo/radio therapy
- Reduce the incidence and symptoms of malnutrition in cancer patients and survivors
- Practice a multidimensional and heterogeneous approach, regarding communication, psychological support and mealprep - cooking skills for patients in chemo/radio
- Specialize but build a flexible nutritional therapy for oncology patients to adress symptoms of not only malnutrition, but also of treatment and disease itself
- Raise Awareness of importance in adressing malnutrition and promoting nutritional care in everyday clinical practice, among health professionals and patients
- Unique everyday Tips and Tricks regarding cooking and meal preparing for adressing malnutrition in oncology patients with severe gastrointestinal side effects
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Course content
4 sections • 5 lectures • 1h 46m total length
Requirements
- Intermediate Knowledge of Nutrition and/or Dietetics
Description
This is a unique lesson in the area of Specialized Dietary Guidelines, Intervention and Cooking Recipes for Oncology (Cancer) Patients during Chemo and/or Radio Therapy.
Based on clinical data, recent bibliography and scientific literature mixed with crucial experience in the clinical field, this course consists of 18 downloadable resources (assessment tools, guideline tables, patient handouts, lists and leaflets and scientific background and more):
A complete pack of everything the student will need to address a high-end clinical dietary approach to oncology patients, especially during Chemo- and/or Radiotherapy, since there are many significant barriers to effective nutritional intervention in clinical practice, related to the lack of comprehensive guidelines, knowledge, and time in the fight against cancer, often leading to inadequate management of malnutrition in cancer patients...
Another "one of its kind" characteristic of this course regards the original "Tips and Tricks" for proper meal cooking and preparation: Suggestions with easy application, taking special care especially of the gastrointestinal system of the patient, in order to avoid gastrointestinal complications while enhancing appetite!
This course divided in three parts:
PART 1
±Cancer, radio-chemotherapy and malnutrition
±How the disease but also the treatment affect food intake and nutritional status
±Nutritional Assessment and Nutritional Care
PART 2
±Targeted Nutritional Intervention
±Dietary Recommendations to avoid Gastrointestinal Disorders
±Cases of Acute Diarrhea
PART 3
±Use of Dietary Supplements
±Medicines and Nutraceuticals
±Unorthodox - Alternative diets
±Recipes and meal preparation in practice
Who this course is for:
- Nutritionists and Dieticians
- Health Experts of all kind
- Clinical Staff, Life Coaches, Medical Staff and other Health Professionals
- Oncology (Cancer) Patients undergoiong (or not) therapy
- Cancer Survivors
- Chefs, Cooks or other persons that prepare meals for cancer patients undergoing Chemo- and or Radiotherapy
- Individuals who want to expand their nutrition knowledge in general