NUTR 6375 Medical Nutrition Therapy
This course focuses on the development of basic skills in the provision of medical nutrition therapy to treat complex medical diseases and disorders occurring in individual patients. Emphasis will be placed on the use of therapeutic diets and nutrition support in patient care. The documentation of nutrition care in health care delivery systems will be examined, with inclusion of use of coding systems applicable to nutrition services. This course is a requirement for receipt of the Verification Statement for the Didactic Program in Dietetics.