Pediatric Nutrition in Practice: Accredited for Dietitians
What is the program about?
The Pediatric Nutrition in Practice E-Learning Program has been developed by field experts and is based on the book ...of the same name. The Program aims to provide information to healthcare professionals who are looking for guidance on practically relevant issues to do with the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents. Some of the topics covered include childhood growth and nutritional assessment, breastfeeding, complementary feeding and nutritional challenges in special conditions and diseases. Like the chapters in the book, the Program is divided into 12 learning modules, which are combining different topic in pediatric nutrition. Each module takes between 60-90 minutes to complete and contains objectives, course material, a progress check to help prepare you for the exam, a list of key words and references. Each module provides 1.0 CPEU points.
Why this program will benefit you?
While there are a number of publications and resources available on pediatric nutrition, busy healthcare professionals often find it difficult to devote ...enough time to researching and understanding just one aspect of their practice. The E-Learning Program has collated the latest science and research on the most important topics relating to infant and childhood nutrition. It aims to support and give practical guidance to all healthcare professionals working in this area. The Program can be completed at your own pace, and is available across devices. Together, we can help enhance the quality of feeding for healthy infants and children as well as improve the standards of nutritional care for sick children.
Disclaimer
The Pediatric Nutrition in Practice E-Learning Program, made available on CMR Institute is accredited by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in the United States
This program is accredited for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and Nutrition and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (NDTRs) in United States.
Nestlé Nutrition Institute is the CE provider for this program.
If you have questions please contact NNI Global team at nni@nestle.com, or contact the CMR Institute at program@cmrinstitute.org.
Refer to each self study module for CPE level and suggested Learning Need Codes or Performance Indicators. Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians can provide feedback about the CE programs to CDR at www.cdrnet.org
Select a module below to begin
Module 1 - CHILD GROWTH
5 part(s)
Content duration: 83 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154071
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4160, 3020, 4150, 3090
Performance Indicators
10.1.2, 12.2.1 , 8.1.4 , 8.3.6
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Revise physiology of growth in children and the factors that can have influence it.
- Give examples of clinical measures to assess nutritional status and of different definitions of malnutrition.
- Describe some of methods to use for assessing dietary intakes and possible barriers to intake and absorption of an individual child.
- Explain the definition and Nutrient Intake Values (NIV); Population Reference Intake (PRI) and Upper Nutrient Level (UNL).
Module 2 - INFANT FEEDING
5 part(s)
Content duration: 82 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154197
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4150, 4140, 5060, 5070
Performance Indicators
8.1.4, 8.3.3, 8.3.6, 8.3.7
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Describe some of the important benefits of breastfeeding for infant and maternal health.
- Name common feeding problems and recommend some of the strategies to promote healthy child feeding and avoid feeding problems.
- Define the term “complementary feeding” & age of its introduction and describe developmental reasons for introducing infants to complementary foods during the second semester of life.
- identify aspects related to infant formula composition and how suitability of these products should be determined.
Module 3 - EARLY NUTRITION & LONG TERM HEALTH
4 part(s)
Content duration: 60 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154206
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4040, 4150, 5060, 5070
Performance Indicators
12.2.1, 8.1.5, 8.3.6, 8.3.7
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Recognize nutritional strategies in early infancy that can decrease the risk of allergies and atopic dermatitis in infants.
- Define biological programming and give examples of the impact of early nutrition practices on long-term health.
- Identify factors that influence the development of infant’s microbiota.
Module 4 - CHILDHOOD NUTRITION
5 part(s)
Content duration: 64 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154209
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4160, 4060, 4150, 2090
Performance Indicators
8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Give examples of key principles of obesity management in children and adolescence.
- Identify the main micronutrients deficiencies associated with substantial percentage of global deaths in children <5 years of age and understand the impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation for children and pregnant women.
- Recognize the impact of physical activity on health of children and adolescents.
- Give examples of practical considerations in devising a healthy diet for children and identify key aspects of food dietary guidelines for children.
Module 5 - GI & EATING DISORDERS
5 part(s)
Content duration: 75 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154210
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
5110, 5200, 5220, 5070
Performance Indicators
8.3.1, 8.3.3, 8.3.6, 8.3.7
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Define celiac disease and be aware about some fundamentals of the gluten free diet.
- Identify basic fundaments and differences between food intolerance and allergy.
- Identify characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa and recommend some nutritional rehabilitation for these patients.
- Differentiate key differences between gastroesophageal reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Module 6 - MACRONUTRIENTS
5 part(s)
Content duration: 72 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154213
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4160, 4030, 4150, 2070
Performance Indicators
8.1.1, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.3.6
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Classify different types of carbohydrates and define minimum carbohydrates recommendation for infants.
- Demonstrate general and children specific functions of proteins well as explain how protein quality is determined.
- Describe main functions of fats, essential fatty acids and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- Discuss about regulation/maintenance of body water and principles of rehydration.
Module 7 - SPECIFIC ASPECTS IN NUTRITION
5 part(s)
Content duration: 72 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154216
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4070, 2090, 2000, 4110
Performance Indicators
7.2.11, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.3.6
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Classify fat & water soluble vitamins, and give some examples of factors affecting vitamin and trace element nutrition.
- Name different types of vegetarian diets and recognize potential risks they can pose in childhood.
- Explain how nutritional safety of food can be assessed and identify main causes of foodborne diseases.
- Express how energy requirements of infants, children and adolescents are defined.
Module 8 - CHRONIC DISEASES
5 part(s)
Content duration: 64 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154217
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
5160, 5230, 5250, 5340
Performance Indicators
10.1.2, 10.2.4, 8.3.1, 8.3.6
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Name categories of risk factors for nutritional compromise in children undergoing treatment for malignant disease and propose some strategies of nutrition support for this population.
- Identify the impact of different types of cardiac lesions in infants with congenital heart diseases on growth failure and the importance of breastfeeding/breast milk.
- Advise appropriate infant feeding regime to infants born from HIV positive mothers.
- Recognize factors that can negatively influence nutritional intake of children with chronic kidney disease and define some strategies to ensure adequate nutrition.
Module 9 - METABOLIC DISORDERS
5 part(s)
Content duration: 76 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154218
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
5190, 5240, 5290, 5280
Performance Indicators
8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.3.1, 8.3.7
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Identify and advise dietary management for key disorders stemming from inborn errors of metabolism.
- Recognize how cystic fibrosis can influence nutritional status and propose some strategies of nutrition intervention.
- Recognize how cholestatic liver disease can influence nutritional status in childhood and advise the nutritional management in this scenario.
- Identify key aspects of nutritional therapy to maintain normal blood glucose levels in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Module 10 - GI CONDITIONS
5 part(s)
Content duration: 69 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154228
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
5160, 5440, 5220, 5000
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Discuss the benefits, types of diet and modes of administration of exclusive enteral nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Summarize some of key aspects of dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
- Identify proper nutrition support for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care.
- Explain how functional consequences of short bowel syndrome (SBS) can affect nutritional status and point out benefits of oral feeding and breast milk .
Module 11 - SPECIFIC LIFE STAGES
5 part(s)
Content duration: 82 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154230
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
4160, 4150, 4130, 2000
Performance Indicators
8.1.1, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.3.6
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Discuss how nutrition intervention programs for adolescents should be performed.
- Describe key milestones of the development of the gastrointestinal tract during intrauterine life.
- Recommend appropriate gestational weight gain during pregnancy and give examples of micronutrient specific functions during this period.
- Discuss nutritional management of preterm infants during different phases of nutrition support.
Module 12 - NUTRITION SUPPORT IN MALNUTRITION
5 part(s)
Content duration: 75 min.
1
CPEU Credit
CPE Level
2
Activity Number
154231
Activity Type
740
Learning Need Codes
5440, 5220, 5285, 5070
Performance Indicators
10.1.2, 8.1.5, 8.3.3, 8.3.7
Educational Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Propose advantages and disadvantages of different enteral formulae and give examples of indications/contra-indications of enteral feeding in childhood.
- Revise parenteral nutrition indications and identify potential risks of this type of nutrition as well as illustrate key aspects related to substrate supply.
- Differentiate primary from secondary malnutrition and propose nutritional management according to the type/severity of malnutrition.
- Appraise the risk factors for diarrheal disease in childhood and propose interventions for diarrhea prevention and management.