Course: Nutrition in Practice

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Course title Nutrition in Practice
Course code TVL/VC063
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sovová Eliška, prof. MUDr. Ph.D., MBA
  • Sovová Markéta, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Kohutová Marie, Mgr. DiS.
  • Kolář Milan, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Vrzalová Drahomíra, Mgr. MUDr.
Course content
Getting to know the basic principles of healthy nutrition. Dietary system in the hospital. Analysis of modern trends. Practical examples of the prescription of a healthy diet for healthy and sick people.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to familiarize the student with the basic principles of nutrition, both natural nutrition and artificial nutrition used in sick patients, based on the acquired theoretical knowledge (anatomy, histology, physiology). The teaching includes an introduction to the basic principles of healthy eating, as well as an introduction to the latest trends, the role of mikrobioma, a diet system for the sick, and is mainly focused on practical examples of the possibilities of influencing the state of health through nutrition.
The student will be able to formulate the basic principles of healthy nutrition, orient himself in modern trends, diet system and principles of artificial nutrition. He will be able to prescribe a specific diet in both health and illness.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in physiology.
FYZ/VCB11

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work

Participation in seminars, seminar work - nutrition prescription for a specific patient.
Recommended literature
  • Kohout, P., Havel, E., Matějovič, M., Šenkyřík, M. (2021). Klinická výživa. Praha: Galén.
  • L. Zlatohlávek a kol. Klinická dietologie a výživa.
  • Sharma Sangita. (2018). Léčebná výživa a dietologie v kostce. Praha: Grada.
  • Š. Svačina a kol. 2008. Klinická dietologie.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): - (2021) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2019) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2018) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2021) Category: Medical sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: -