Clinical Nutrition - MSc/PGDip/PGCert

• First MSc in Clinical Nutrition to be established in the UK.
• This programme is accredited by the Association for Nutrition.
• Develop a strong understanding for the essential principles and their applications in the areas of metabolic research and clinical nutrition.
• Learn from specialist guest lectures from leading scientists, dietitians, clinician and pharmacists.
• Improve people's health and well-being working as a Nutritionist.
• Learn in state-of-the-art-laboratory facilities including biomedical and microbiology labs.
• We are the most research-intensive modern university in the UK (Research Excellence Framework 2014).

Summary

Gain the essential skillsets as a nutritionist to help improve people’s health and well-being in the context of the malnutrition, obesity, metabolic response to injury and chronic disease.

This was the first MSc in Clinical Nutrition to be established in the UK and has gained an international reputation, attracting students from around the world. You will consider the patient’s journey from birth to extreme age in the context of the metabolic response to injury or to chronic disease. The course is designed for all members of nutrition support teams and is also suitable for students who wish to pursue clinically-based nutrition research.

After establishing a firm foundation in physiology and the biochemistry of nutrition, this course will cover the nutritional management for clinical conditions such as gastro-enteral problems, long-term disablement and intensive care. It also includes a focus on nutrition support in paediatric, adult, older adult and critically ill patients.

This course is perfect for nutrition support teams or those who want to pursue a career or a doctorate in clinically-based nutrition. The course will provide an important insight into contemporary developments in clinical nutrition for a wide range of healthcare professionals.

You will have access to our state-of-the art facilities and excellent laboratories including a food lab complete with sensory analysis tasting booths and specialist laboratories for physiology, microbiology and computing.

Please note this programme does not lead to a qualification in the UK as a registered Dietitian. It is an accredited course with the Association for Nutrition, and does enable you to become a registered nutritionist, once you have complete two years in the nutrition field.

Content

We offer a diverse range of modules to build your knowledge and enable you to focus on topics that interest you. Recent examples of these topics have included: macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism in health and disease, nutrient digestion and absorption and gastrointestinal disease, nutritional support in paediatric, adult, older adult and critically ill patients, the effect of disease on nutrition status.

Research areas that are also included in the programme are dietary management strategies in women with polycystic ovary syndrome; the role of brain–gut interaction in obesity, eating disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome; the role of the enteric nervous system in known intestinal diseases; vitamin E status in health and disease; the role of microbiota in food and nutritional systems; food bioactives for a healthy gut, brain and vascular system; the regulation of insulin secretion and glucose metabolism in health and diabetes.

Modules

Postgraduate Certificate (PGC)

• Nutrition in Acute and Chronic Illness
• Principles of Nutrition

and either

• Nutrition Support

or

• Body Composition Practical

Compulsory set for Postgraduate Diploma students

• Body Composition Practical
• Health Research Methods
• Nutrition in Acute and Chronic Illness
• Nutrition Support
• Principles of Nutrition

Optional modules

• Brain, Diet and Addiction
• Health Psychophysiology
• Obesity and Metabolism

Please note that the following module can only be taken with the specific permission of the Programme Convener and is not to be taken on registration:

• Review

Compulsory set for MSc students

• Body Composition Practical
• Health Research Methods
• Nutrition in Acute and Chronic Illness
• Nutrition Support
• Principles of Nutrition
• Dissertation

Optional modules

• Brain, Diet and Addiction
• Health Psychophysiology
• Obesity and Metabolism

Please note that the following module can only be taken with the specific permission of the Programme Convener and is not to be taken on registration:

• Review

Compulsory and Required modules

Compulsory and/or required modules may change when we review and update programmes. Above is a list of modules offered this academic year.

Optional modules

Optional modules, when offered as part of a programme, may vary from year to year and are subject to viability.

Career options

Nutritionist (public sector, private commercial or independent), public health nutritionist, academia research/teaching, commercial research, NHS (various roles) and local and central government (roles in policy and health promotion). In addition, many students are already health professionals and study the course as part of their career development and specialisation.

Visit the Clinical Nutrition - MSc/PGDip/PGCert page on the University of Roehampton website for more details!