New scenarios in Clinical Nutrition push to develop new specialization programs in medicine that fit professionals' real needs so that they can incorporate advances in dietary management and improve patient prognosis" 

The Specialization in Clinical Nutrition is an essential response from professionals to the healthcare and preventive needs of the population in terms of nutrition and health. An example of this is the growing implementation of Nutrition and Dietetics Units or Services led by physicians. 

The professional master’s degree offers the student the possibility of deepening and updating knowledge, using the latest educational technology. It provides a global vision of Clinical Nutrition while focusing on the most important and innovative aspects of adult nutrition, with an update on the nutritional therapy of the most prevalent pathologies; as well as pediatric nutrition including from the intrauterine phase to adolescence and the diseases in which nutrition plays a highly relevant role.

This program provides specialization in the field of Clinical Nutrition in areas of particular interest such as:

• Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
• Nutrition and obesity
• Sports nutrition
• Nutrition in chronic diseases
• Hospital dietetics
• Food allergies

This program is methodologically designed for distance learning in order to guarantee optimal supervision.

With this specialization, you will have the opportunity to undertake a program that brings together the most advanced and in-depth knowledge in the field, where a group of highly regarded professors with extensive international experience provides you with the most complete and up-to-date information on the latest advances and techniques in Clinical Nutrition.

Update your knowledge with the professional master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition" 

This professional master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition contains the most complete and updated scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• More than 100 clinical cases presented by experts in nutrition
• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems
• Clinical practice guidelines on the different pathologies related to nutrition
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Clinical Nutrition, you will obtain a qualification from TECH Technological University" 

Its teaching staff includes renowned specialists in nutrition based on clinical practice, who bring the experience of their work to this training. 

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the physician with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the physician must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the phys ician will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of nutrition 
with extensive teaching experience. 

Incorporate the latest developments in clinical nutrition into your daily practice and improve your patient care"

You will be able to complete the professional master’s degree 100% online, adapting it to your needs and making it easier for you to take it while you carry out your full-time healthcare activity"

This professional master’s degree is oriented toward effectively updating the physician's knowledge of Clinical Nutrition, in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidence when practicing medicine, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

• Update the physician's knowledge on new trends in human nutrition in both health and pathological situations through evidence-based medicine
• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of the new trends in nutrition and its application to child and adult pathologies, where nutrition plays a fundamental role in the treatment
• Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities, through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuous education and research

Specific objectives

Module 1. New Developments in Food 

• Review the basics of a balanced diet in the different stages of the life cycle, as well as in exercise 
• Assess and calculate nutritional requirements in health and disease at any stage of the life cycle 
• Review the new dietary guidelines, nutritional objectives, and recommended dietary allowances (RDA) 
• Manage food databases and composition tables 
• Acquire skills in reading and understanding new food labeling methods 
• Update the drug-nutrient interaction and its implication in the patient’s treatment
• Incorporate the possibilities of phytotherapy as an adjuvant treatment in clinical practice 

Module 2. Current Trends in Nutrition 

• Update knowledge in nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics 
• Identify the relationship between nutrition and immune status 
• In-depth study of the circadian system as a key factor in nutrition 
• Identify and classify foods, food products, and food ingredients 
• Review the chemical composition of foods, their physicochemical properties, their nutritional value, their bioavailability, their organoleptic characteristics, and the modifications they undergo as a result of technological and culinary processes 
• Get up to date on the composition and utilities of new foods 

Module 3. Assessment of Nutritional Status and Diet. Practical Application 

• Analyze the different methods for assessing nutritional status 
• Interpret and integrate anthropometric, clinical, biochemical, hematological, immunological, and pharmacological data in the patient's nutritional assessment and dietary-nutritional treatment 
• Predict patients’ nutritional risk 
• Manage the different types of nutritional surveys to assess food intake 
• Early detection and assessment of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency 
• Review basic aspects of food microbiology, parasitology, and toxicology related to food safety 

Module 4. Nutritional Consultation 

• Review the psychological bases and biopsychosocial factors that affect human eating behavior 
• Acquire teamwork skills as a unit in which professionals and other personnel-related to the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of dietetics and nutrition are structured in a uni or multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary way 
• Know the basics of marketing, market research, and clientele that a nutritional practice should manage 
• Delve into the techniques of interviewing and dietary counseling for the patient 

Module 5. Sports Nutrition 

• Assess and prescribe physical activity as a factor involved in nutritional status 
• Study the latest developments in exercise physiology 
• Emphasize the importance of good hydration in all sports disciplines
• Get to know the most recent AMA recommendations
• Treat common eating disorders in sports such as vigorexia, orthorexia, or anorexia 

Module 6. Clinical Nutrition and Hospital Dietetics 

• Delve into the management of hospital nutrition units 
• Distinguish the different basal and therapeutic diets used in hospital settings 
• Study the interaction between drugs and nutrients 

Module 7. Nutrition in Digestive System Pathologies 

• Know the different oral alterations, as well as esophago-gastric alterations 
• Address nutrition in post-surgical syndromes 
• Study common food allergies and intolerances with gastrointestinal impact 

Module 8. Nutrition in Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases 

• Explore the etiology, nutrigenetics, and nutrigenomics of obesity 
• In-depth study of advances in diabetes mellitus and hypertension 
• Know the most effective endoscopic and surgical treatments for endocrine metabolic diseases 
• Update knowledge on dieting and obesity 

Module 9. Nutrition in Kidney Diseases 

• Explore glomerular conditions and tubulopathies 
• In-depth study of chronic renal insufficiencies 

Module 10. Nutrition in Neurological Diseases 

• Study swallowing disorders 
• Know the most important developments in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease 
• In-depth study of cerebrovascular accidents 
• Delve into disabling neuromuscular conditions 

Module 11. Nutrition in Special Situations 

• Explore nutrition in the context of metabolic stress 
• Broaden knowledge regarding the treatment of oncology patients 
• Know the role of nutrition in immune-mediated diseases 

Module 12. Nutrition in Deficiency Diseases 

• Study hospital malnutrition and fasting cycles 
• Define a framework for action against anemia and hemochromatosis 
• Further understanding of the relationship between diet and oral diseases 

Module 13. Artificial Nutrition in Adults 

• Distinguish enteral and parenteral nutrition with their main characteristics 
• Know the advances in home artificial nutrition 

Module 14. Physiology of Infant Nutrition 

• Apply Food Science and Nutrition to the practice of pediatric dietetics 
• Update the different educational methods of application in health sciences, as well as communication techniques applicable to food and human nutrition with a special focus on children and adolescents 
• Reflect on the usefulness of the school cafeteria as an educational vehicle 
• Review the relation between physiology and nutrition in the different stages of infant development 
• Analyze the implications of nutrition in the growth process and in the prevention and treatment of different childhood pathologies 
• Identify the repercussion that a pregnant and lactating mother's nutrition has on the intrauterine growth and evolution of new-borns and infants 
• Describe the nutritional requirements in the different periods of childhood 
• Apply the knowledge acquired on nutritional assessment in pediatrics 

Module 15. Artificial Nutrition in Pediatrics 

• Explore the general Information about enteral and parenteral nutrition in pediatrics 
• Study nutritional supplements as fundamental support of the conventional diet 
• Understand the role of probiotics and prebiotics in infant feeding 

Module 16. Infant Malnutrition 

• Develop plans to prevent child malnutrition 
• Address vitamin and trace element deficiencies with modern treatment methods 
• In-depth study of the prevention and nutritional treatment of childhood obesity 
• Know the most relevant psychosocial aspects of malnutrition 

Module 17. Childhood Nutrition and Pathologies 

• Study the role of nutrition in the various pathologies of childhood 
• In-depth study of feeding difficulties and disorders in children 
• Address common disorders such as bulimia and anorexia 
• Delve into the nutrition of autistic, diabetic, oncological or bone disease children 

A unique specialization that will allow you to acquire advanced training to develop in this field"