Basic Information

Course Code:

BES 306

Course Name:

Nutritional Therapy and Applications in Pediatric Diseases

Language of Instruction:

Turkish

Course Type:

Class

Course Level:

Bachelor

ECTS:

6.00

Instructor:

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ezgi TÜRKAY

Course Objectives

To provide information about the characteristics of various congenital or acquired acute or chronic diseases seen in infants, children or adolescents, and diet planning appropriate for them.

Course Content

Importance and Principles of Dietary Therapy in Pediatrics, Causes, Complications and Treatment of Childhood Obesity, Metabolic syndrome and diet therapy, Protein energy malnutrition and diet therapy, Causes and diet therapy of acute gastroenteritis, Lactose intolerance and diet therapy, celiac and diet therapy, Cystic fibrosis diet therapy, Eating disorders and diet therapy, Neurological diseases and diet therapy, Diabetic ketoacidosis and diet therapy.

Prerequisites / Corequisites

None

Course Books / Materials / Recommended Resources

Gülden Köksal, & Hülya Gökmen Özel. (2019). Nutrition therapy in pediatric diseases [in Turkish]. Ankara: Hatipoğlu Publishing.Nevin Şanlıer (Ed.). (2020). Learning with cases: Medical nutrition therapy in pediatric diseases. Ankara: Hedef Publishing.

Learning Outcomes

Code	Description
LO1	Learn about acute and chronic pediatric diseases
LO2	They learn the causes of diseases and their relationship with nutrition.
LO3	They learn clinical and biochemical differences related to diseases.
LO4	Determine/apply medical nutrition therapy methods according to disease types
LO5	Evaluate the results of applied medical nutrition therapy

Weekly Course Content

Week	Content
1	The importance and principles of medical nutrition therapy in pediatric diseases
2	Characteristics, needs and medical nutrition therapy of premature babies
3	Protein Energy Malnutrition and Dietary Therapy
4	Acute gastroenteritis and diet therapy
5	Malabsorptions and diet therapy (carbohydrate, protein, fat malabsorption)
6	Medical nutrition therapy in neurological disorders
7	Type 1 diabetes and diet therapy
8	Midterm exam
9	Food allergies
10	Congenital metabolic diseases and diet therapy (Protein metabolism)
11	Congenital metabolic diseases and diet therapy (Carbohydrate metabolism)
12	Congenital metabolic diseases and diet therapy (Fat metabolism)
13	Enteral-paranteral nutrition
14	An overview

Workload Calculation

Activity	Count	Duration (Hours)	Total
Attendance	14	3.00	42.00
Practice	14	2.00	28.00
Post-Prectice Individual Study	14	3.00	42.00
Midterm Exam/Preparation	7	4.00	28.00
Final Exam/Preparation	7	4.00	28.00
Other	14	1.00	14.00
Total Workload (Hours)			182
ECTS Credit (Workload / 25)			6

Assessment

#	Assessment Type	Contribution (%)
1	Other	%100

PO - LO Matrix

PO \ LO	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
PO-1
PO-2
PO-3
PO-4
PO-5
PO-6
PO-7
PO-8
PO-9

1

Low Contribution

2

Medium Contribution

3

High Contribution

Teaching and Learning Methods

#	Method Name	Description	Tools
1	Lecture (expository teaching), interactive discussion	Listening and taking notes.	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools (projector, computer, digital presentations)
2	Controversial Course	Listening and comprehension, critical thinking	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools, projector, computer, overhead projector
3	Technical Trip	They participate in a pre-planned technical field trip and report on what they learned during the trip.	Equipment located at the MGM station
4	Brainstorming	The purpose of forming pairs is to ensure that they are open to innovation during the idea generation phase	Standard classroom technologies, multimedia tools, projector, computer, overhead projector

Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence

Violations of scholastic honesty include, but are not limited to cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Any for of scholastic dishonesty is a serious academic violation and will result in a disciplinary action. It is explained in Article 25 of the Directive on Associate and Undergraduate Programs of Antalya Bilim University.

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