Neonatal Nutrition Training – One Week Update Practicums 2010

Neonatal Nutrition Training – One Week Update Practicums 2010

Program Dates: September 27-October 1, 2010; October 4-8, 2010; November 15-19, 2010

One-Week Neonatal Nutrition Update Programs will be offered for Registered Dietitians at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, Texas. This program will review the basics in the nutritional support of low birth weight and/or premature infants.  Such topics as neonatal classification, breastfeeding, neonatal nutrient requirements, nutritional assessment, and dilemmas in enteral and parenteral nutrition for the premature infant will be emphasized.  Discussion among neonatologists and nutritionists will be primarily informal.   The course will pivot around practical experience with premature neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit.   This program will serve as a time to compare and contrast the nutritional practices for rapidly growing infants in the hospital and to discuss and plan for infants’ post-hospital discharge into the home setting.

Program Dates: September 27-October 1, 2010, October 4-8, 2010, November 15-19, 2010

Forms and program information can be downloaded from
http://www.neonate.net/education/nutrition/practicum/
Applications must be received by July 30, 2010
This program is part of the Neonatal Nutrition Training Program at BCM supported in part by Project #T79 MC00023 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. Contact:  Diane Anderson, PhD, RD, LD 832-826-1330
Email: dianea@bcm.edu