Certificate in Clinical Nutrition course: Registration now open
Fifty-one healthcare professionals attended the 2016 Certificate in Clinical Nutrition course. Registration for the 2017 course, which runs December 9-12, is now open. The deadline for applications is 7 November, 2017.
Registration is now open to participate in the Certificate in Clinical Nutrition course, which runs from 9am-6pm on December 9, 10, 11 and 12, 2017 at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.
The Certificate in Clinical Nutrition course provides healthcare practitioners with an understanding of how nutrition affects physiological and biochemical systems in the human body. Additionally, the course will provide relevant clinical information and skills to the participants. This is an innovative course that presents various aspects of nutrition to help healthcare practitioners manage their patients in a scientific manner.
The course, delivered by WCM-Q’s Institute for Population Health, is aimed at healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, counselors, educators, researchers, therapists, dietitians and other healthcare professionals.
The total duration of the course is 50 hours. The onsite unit (32 hours) will comprise of lectures and interactive discussions by WCM-Q faculty and other international experts from the field. The self-study unit (18 hours) will consist of modules complementary to the onsite lectures.
The course is intended to provide information on critical areas of nutrition via seminars and interactive discussions. The course is open to all healthcare professionals and the content is not necessarily aimed at any specific healthcare professional group for example nutritionists, doctors etc.
Dr. Sohaila Cheema, Director, Institute for Population Health/Assistant Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research at WCM-Q, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for healthcare professionals of all disciplines to gain a broad understanding of the impact of nutrition on health, which is one of the most relevant issues in population health today. We invite all interested healthcare professionals to join us for this important course.”
The final deadline for applications is November 7, 2017.
For more information please visit: http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/ccn
Register here: http://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/event/ccn/registration