ObjectivesThe programme will enable practising doctors, dieticians, pharmacists and healthcare workers to enhance their employment skills while affording considerable opportunities to its graduates for employment in health and medical services, and within the food and food-supplement industries. The subject of nutritional medicine includes clinical nutrition but is wider in scope, covering all aspects of nutrition and health. No equivalent programme exists at present for those wishing to understand and apply the concepts of nutritional medicine. You will gain knowledge of the tools necessary to investigate diseases of metabolism caused by nutritional imbalances. You will learn to take a critical and scholarly approach to theory, practice, literature and research findings within the subject, resulting in a greater understanding of the range and potential of nutritional management of disease.
Entry requirementsThe programme appeals to many groups including clinicians, other healthcare workers, pharmacists and those in the food and food-supplement industries. The modular, part-time programme has been designed to be accessible to those in full-time employment, consisting of three-day taught periods at the University, preceded by preparatory study and followed by consolidation and assessment. Modules, which are independent and may be taken in any order, can also be taken as stand-alone short courses. The Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma will be awarded on satisfactory completion of the required number of modules, whilst the MSc requires a further taught module and, normally, a work-based research project.
Academic titleMSc/PGDip/PGCert in Nutritional Medicine
Course descriptionMSc/PGDip/PGCert in Nutritional Medicine Module overview
Core Modules
These are an obligatory component of the MSc/Postgraduate Diploma and will be offered every year.
-Principles of Nutritional Science
-Principles of Applied Nutrition and Epidemiology
Optional Modules
-Antioxidants, Phytoprotectants and Disease
-Obesity, Diabetes and Eating Disorders
-Diet, the Gut, Food Allergy and Intolerance
-Nutritional Aspects of Pregnancy, Infancy and Childhood
-Nutrition and Ageing
-Lipids and Essential Fatty Acids
-Trace Elements in Health and Disease
-Clinical Nutrition and Nutritional Support
-Nutrition and Exercise for Health and Sports Performance
-The Brain and Nervous System; Diet and Behaviour
Typical entry requirements
Medical graduates or those with a good honours degree in appropriate science or health disciplines
Programme length
Minimum 24 months, maximum 72 months, part-time