78635 - General and Artificial Nutrition Internist Patient and at Home

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Loris Pironi
  • Credits: 1
  • SSD: MED/09
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

The student will have achieved the following educational objectives: Knowledge and understanding: the theoretical bases of artificial nutrition (indications, implementation, monitoring and complications of artificial nutrition); Application of knowledge and understanding: prescribing a nutritional program in collaboration with the other involved professionals (nurses, pharmacists, dieticians); Autonomy in assessment and evaluation: critical evaluation of individual clinical cases, with regard to indications, contraindications, expected results from nutritional therapy; Communicative skills: informing patients, family and caregivers about the nutritional therapy, collaborating with the other involved professionals;  Learning skills: developing skills that enable them to continue their training on these topics once the course is completed

Course contents

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Artificial nutrition is a widely used medical treatment in the field of internal medicine, medical specialties, surgery and intensive care; requires specific knowledge that ere not provided by the regular program of the School of Medicine graduation. This couse will allow the student to acquire knowledge, understanding and use of artificial nutrition in hospital and at home according to clinical practice guidelines; the discussion of clinical cases (indications, implementation, monitoring and complications of artificial nutrition) will provide useful models for the medical practice

The course will be held online


Dates and time of the lessons:

Thursday 14 January 2021, time 14-18

Tuesday 19 January 2021, time 14-18

Friday 22 January 2021, time 14-18

Tuesday 26 January 2021, time 14-18

Thursday 28 January 2020, time 14-18

Tuesday 2 February 2021, time 14-18


Readings/Bibliography

Guidelines of the  Società Italiana di Nutrizione Artificiale e Metabolismo (SINPE), free download at http://www.sinpe.org/ (all'interno dell'Area Servizi)
Guideliens of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism , free download at http://www.espen.org/
ESPEN recommendations: Definition and Classification of Intestinal Failure, free download at http://www.espen.org/

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussion of clinical cases

Assessment methods

Discussion of clinical cases

Teaching tools

Slides, gudelines, interactive discussion

Office hours

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