Advancing Healthcare: Optimising Nutrition Optimising Nutrition Micro-credential at UCD

Nutrition is fundamental to our physical and mental health, and wellbeing. The Advancing Healthcare: Optimising Nutrition Optimising Nutrition Micro-credential at UCD will introduce healthcare professionals (HCPS) to key, evidenced-based, nutrition concepts across the lifespan.

It will enhance knowledge and ability to provide safe, basic nutritional advice and awareness about screening and referrals in situations requiring more specialist interventions.

Advancing Healthcare: Optimising Nutrition Optimising Nutrition Micro-credential at UCD

In Ireland, it is estimated that one quarter of the population are affected by cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic disease, with two thirds of the population living with overweight or obesity. Globally, a poor diet is one of the leading risk factors for preventable diseases. Most non-nutrition HCPs will come into contact with individuals and groups requiring guidance on optimal nutrition and/or cases requiring clinical nutrition input. HCPs will also play a key role in implementing and embedding integrated care programmes across the health services.

This micro-credential will allow the learner to advance their knowledge of nutritional care to complement other approaches in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease and their complications. The learner will also develop skills that can support individuals to make meaningful dietary changes in their lives.

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Overview

UCD Clinical Research Centre

The UCD Clinical Research Centre (UCD CRC) is an academic led, multi-site centre supporting clinical and translational research. It operates under a single governance structure within the UCD School of Medicine and the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences. The UCD CRC is at the core of the Health research and innovation strategy and provides a focal point for collaborative, multidisciplinary patient-focused research.

The centre links the clinical community to core university research institutes including the UCD Conway Institute, Systems Biology Ireland and the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology. Over the last 5 years, the UCD CRC has developed a comprehensive taught graduate programme including an MSc in Clinical and Translational Research and a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials This exciting education initiative is training the next generation of investigators and research professionals.

The UCD Clinical Research Centre undertakes research in a wide range of diseases.

At the Centre they undertake advanced research in a caring environment that aims to advance medical treatment for all patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses.

The research is a truly multidisciplinary team effort. Doctors, nurses, technicians, scientists and of course, patients work together towards the common goal of developing new cures for serious illnesses.

Patients in particular play the key role. The Centre believe that through their involvement in research studies, patients are making an immense contribution towards the understanding of the mechanism of disease and greatly influence the ability to improve patient outcome in the future