Course Description
Certificate Course in Clinical Nutrition & Patient Counselling is a 3 months postgraduate course. The course curriculum covers topics like Medical nutritional evaluation, Clinical nutrition studies, Oral diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Pulmonary diseases, Hypertension and cardiovascular disorders, Metabolic disorders, Renal disease, Neurological and mental disorders, Rheumatic diseases, Immune disorders, Anaemia, Neoplastic diseases, Nutrition-related genetic diseases, Food allergy, Nutrition in critical illness, etc. The course takes a practical based approach. On completion of the course, one can work as Clinical Dietician, Management Dietician, Consultant Dietician, Community Dietician, Nutrition Product Manager, etc . Applicants can further go into research or become a lecturer.