NSCPHD1117 Acute Malnutrition: improving treatment through research
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Physiology, clinical manifestations and treatment of acute malnutrition
Students who have taken the course will be able to:
- Understand the physiology behind severe acute malnutrition and the corresponding clinical manifestations and paraclinical findings.
- Do clinical examination and make the diagnosis of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Identify and discuss the research gaps in relation to diagnostic criteria of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Identify and discuss the research gaps in relation to current food products used for nutritional rehabilitation of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Be able to engage in a scientific discussion about the most recent research on moderate and severe acute malnutrition, and critically review research.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 35
- Preparation
- 50
- Project work
- 15
- Total
- 100
- Credit
- 4 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessment
- Marking scale
- completed/not completed
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NSCPHD1117
- Credit
- 4 ECTS
- Level
- Ph.D.
- Duration
- Monday to Friday
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- 14 to 18 November 2016
- Course capacity
- Max. 30 participants
- Price
No fee for PhD students under the Open Market in Denmark and NOVApartners. Other participants are to pay a course fee of 550 EUR. All students must arrange and pay their own travel.
- Study board
- Natural Sciences PhD Committee
Contracting department
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Course responsibles
- Henrik Friis (3-787682507e7588833e7b853e747b)
Lecturers
Professor Henrik Friis (hfr@nexs.ku.dk)
Professor Kim F. Michaelsen (kfm@nexs.ku.dk)
Professor Christian Mølgaard (cm@nexs.ku.dk)
Guest lecturer 1: Professor André Briend
Guest lecturer 2: Professor James Alexander Berkley
Guest lecturer 3: Doctor Marco Kerac