Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition (MSCN) (Units)
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The hospital based master of science course in clinical nutritionIn response to the need to develop more workers in the field of clinical nutrition - hospital setting, the clinical nutrition section of St. Luke's Medical Center and the Philippine Women's University went into partnership to establish the Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition which will develop the following specialists: clinical nutrition support dietitian, clinical nutrition support nurse, clinical nutrition support pharmacist, and clinical nutrition support physician. Other graduates from other courses who are working in the medical nutrition industry or nutrition support care systems can also apply in the program. |
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MSCN Subjects |
MSCN Subjects - Description |
Advanced Nutrition |
This involves a study of basics in nutrition, the macro and micro nutrients and how these play roles in the normal metabolic processes of the body. It discusses how nutrients are digested, absorbed, and utilized in the major organ systems of the body. Also discussed are the normal values required by the body and where and how these are obtained (sources). The course also takes up nutrition support in the different disease states – how enteral and parenteral nutrition is prepared and delivered. The mechanisms of how these special foods are absorbed and utilized are discussed. Focus is placed on glutamine, omega-3-fatty acids, antioxidants, arginine, cysteine, nucleic acids, and other special substrates. |
Nutrition Research and Clinical Biostatistics |
The course teaches the basics in research and immediately focuses on the development of the different research protocols in the chosen areas of nutrition support. Clinical biostatistics is learned as hands on in the actual process of the research being done. Additional knowledge on the other areas of clinical bio-statistics is taken from the discussion of the different sample researches in nutrition support. |
Human Physiology and Biochemistry |
The course teaches basic physiology processes in the cell and the different organ systems in the normal and disease states. It focuses on extra-cellular and intra-cellular processes. It correlates the physiological processes with the biochemical processes that are simultaneously taking place in the cell and the organ systems of the human body in both the normal and disease states. |
Nutritional Epidemiology |
The course introduces the student to the causal relationship between the individual’s diet and disease, that certain aspects of diet can influence the occurrence of illnesses and diseases. It deals not only with diseases due to deficiencies in essential nutrients but also with the etiology of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. |
Nutrition Support in Gastrointestinal Diseases |
The course prepares the student on how to give nutrition support to patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal tract diseases. |
Nutrition Support in Cardiopulmonary Disorders and Immunology |
The course introduces the student to the different diseases of the cardio-pulmonary system, their pathophysiology, how nutrient requirements are changed, and the different methods of delivering nutrition support in the whole context of patient care. It also includes a discussion of basic immunology in the area of body defense against infection, where nutrition support comes in, pathophysiology of sepsis, and the role of special substrates. |
Nutrition Support in Surgery and Transplantation |
The course teaches how to give nutrition support in surgical patients with post-operative complications or the critically ill where surgery was done. It also deals with surgical complications with nutritional implications in the different age groups. The course also covers the body and nutrient changes especially the microcirculatory environment and their impact on the different organ systems in the transplant patient (i.e., bone marrow, liver, kidney) and how to deliver nutrition support to these patients.
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Critical Care Nutrition 1 |
The course discusses how macro and micronutrients are delivered and utilized in the critical set-up. It includes body composition changes and how these affect nutrient utilization and delivery. |
Critical Care Nutrition 2 |
The course teaches how to give nutrition support in the critical care set-up. It discusses glutamine and immuno-nutrients and their role in the body’s capacity to undergo healing and recovery. It also includes the latest findings in nutrition support among critically ill patients, i.e., insulin or new products that will affect patient care. |
Nutrition Care Management and Health Systems Operations |
The course teaches the organization of hospital-based or home-based nutrition support teams and project studies on how to develop the system in different hospital settings within the city or within the province, national or local, collaborative or systems. It includes the management of these facilities in different capacities, the marketing of nutrition support in the different levels of the nutrition support care system – from hospital to the home or local nutrition support services facilities. The student is also introduced to the systems design of different hospital- or home-based nutrition support care and how to make them into a viable economic venture. Different successful models of nutrition support delivery are studied and how to modify these to fit into our own economic and local environment. The basics of personnel and finance management of nutrition support are taught and the development of new systems is also investigated. |
Nutrition Support in The Life Cycle |
This subject covers the different life cycle stages from pregnancy, infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the aged/elderly. It focuses on how to manage support in the pregnant patient as in hyperemesis gravidarum, under- weight or obese cases as well as how to deliver nutrition support in the neonates (i.e., those with low birth weights and with congenital defects). It also teaches how to give nutrition support in geriatric patients who are either sick or critically ill and those with diseases where nutrition support has a major role in total patient management. |
Nutrition Support in The Life Cycle |
This subject covers the different life cycle stages from pregnancy, infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the aged/elderly. It focuses on how to manage support in the pregnant patient as in hyperemesis gravidarum, under- weight or obese cases as well as how to deliver nutrition support in the neonates (i.e., those with low birth weights and with congenital defects). It also teaches how to give nutrition support in geriatric patients who are either sick or critically ill and those with diseases where nutrition support has a major role in total patient management.
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Residency in Clinical Nutrition |
This course provides the student the needed application of principles learned in the different courses through the specialized training in medical nutrition therapy/nutrition support in the hospital and home settings as part of the support team. The student is expected to complete 150 hours or 19 days of residency.
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Number of Units |
Subject (Back) |
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First School Year |
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First Trimester |
3 |
Advanced Nutrition |
3 |
Clinical Biostatistics |
3 |
Human Physiology & Nutritional Biochemistry |
9 |
Total units for first trimester |
Second Trimester |
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3
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Nutrition Research and Epidemiology |
2
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Immunology: principles and practice |
3
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Nutrition Support in Endocrine and Metabolic Conditions Diabetes and Obesity |
8
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Total units for second trimester |
- |
Third Trimester |
3 |
Nutrition Management in the Critically Ill |
3 |
Nutrition Management in Surgery and Transplantation |
2 |
Nutrition Care Management and Health Systems Operations |
8 |
Total units for third trimester |
- |
Second Year |
- |
First Trimester |
3
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Nutrition Support in Pregnancy, Pediatrics, and Geriatrics |
2
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Nutrition Support in Cardiopulmonary Disorders |
5
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Total units for first trimester |
Second Trimester |
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3 |
Residency in Clinical Nutrition |
- |
Written Comprehensive Examination |
6 |
Thesis Writing |
9 |
Total units for second trimester |
34 |
Over-all number of units for the whole master's program |
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| Critical Care / Cancer | |
| Immunology |
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| Clinical Biostatistics |
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