april, 2024
Course Details
This 4 week course will cover a range of clinical nutritional issues commonly encountered in first opinion practice. These will include those animals (feline and canine) with renal
Course Details
This 4 week course will cover a range of clinical nutritional issues commonly encountered in first opinion practice. These will include those animals (feline and canine) with renal disease, liver compromise, gastrointestinal disturbances, pancreatitis and urinary issues.
We will cover inappetence in animals and how to support these animals. We will investigate the route cause of inappetence and how pharmaceutical and nutritional support can aid in increasing calorific and nutrient intake. In all of these cases we will be looking at the evidence base behind the claims of diets and supplements and whether they are of benefit to our patients.
We will look at nutritional fashions and how to talk to clients about new trends that seem to be highlighted on-line almost continually. In order to do this we will have some case studies to work through where we can discuss different options to the nutritional management.
Week 1
Nutritional Assessment and Calculations
How to perform a nutritional assessment
Calculate energy requirements and how much to feed
Treatment regimens for inappetence
Instigating nutritional support
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Perform a nutritional history and assessment of the animal
Calculate BER and RERs and apply this to how much to feed
Identify when nutritional support is required and how to do this
Week 2
Clinical Nutrition – Renal, Urinary, Liver and Cardiac
Clinical nutrition for renal, urinary, liver and cardiac disease
Look at each of the nutrient requirements for each of these management regimes
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Make recommendations for clinical diets for renal, urinary, liver and cardiac disease
Understand the nutrient specifications for these diets
Discuss the benefits of these diets
Week 3
Clinical Nutrition – Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic
Clinical nutrition for gastrointestinal and pancreatitis
Look at each of the nutrient requirements for each of these management regimes
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Make recommendations for clinical diets for range of gastrointestinal and pancreatitis
Understand the nutrient specifications for these diets
Discuss the benefits of these diets
Week 4
Nutritional Supplements and Trends
Supplements
Nutritional trends (including raw and homecooked diets)
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
Make recommendations for supplements for the diseases discussed in weeks 3 and 4
Look at the nutritional evidence behind nutritional fashions
Discuss raw and home cooked feeding with clients
The course will be fully tutored by Nicola Lakeman and will consist of 10 hours of CPD given in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case studies, forum discussions and quizzes. This course is tutored for 4 weeks, followed by a two week extension of untutored ‘catch up’ time, before the course officially ends.
All delegates will then have unlimited lifetime access to the learning material for future reference
Time
April 22 (Monday) - May 17 (Friday)
Location
Online
Speaker
Nicola LakemanMSc, BSc(Hons), RVN, CertVNECC, CertSAN, VTS(Nutrition) Nutrition Manager, IVC Evidensia
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