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Acute Malnutrition: improving treatment through research
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5468-16-06-31 
Enrollment deadline: 24/10/2016
PlaceMwanamugimu Nutrition Unit, Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Date and time14.11.2016, at: 09:00 - 18.11.2016, at: 17:00
Regular seats31
Activity Prices:
  - Open Market Agreement Students0.00 €
  - Deltager/Participant outside UCPH550.00 €
ECTS credits4.00
Contact personClaude Michele Mona    E-mail address: clmo@nexs.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserHenrik Friis    E-mail address: hfr@nexs.ku.dk
Written languageEnglish
Teaching languageEnglish
Semester/BlockAutumn
Scheme group noteMonday to Friday
Exam formWritten assignment
Exam detailsWritten case-report
Grading scalePassed / Not passed
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Preparation50.00
Lectures35.00
Project work15.00
Sum100.00
Content
Physiology, clinical manifestations and treatment of acute malnutrition.

Learning outcome
Students who have taken the course will be able to:

- Understand the physiology behind severe acute malnutrition and the corresponding clinical manifestations and paraclinical findings.
- Do clinical examination and make the diagnosis of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Identify and discuss the research gaps in relation to diagnostic criteria of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Identify and discuss the research gaps in relation to current food products used for nutritional rehabilitation of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
- Be able to engage in a scientific discussion about the most recent research on moderate and severe acute malnutrition, and critically review research.

Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, clinical case-demonstrations, short research presentations, and discussions

Remarks
Course co-responsible: Maren Rytter

Price:
No fee for PhD students under the Open Market in Denmark and NOVApartners. Other participants are to pay a course fee of 550 EUR. Participants from low-income countries may apply for reduction in course fee and a travel grant. All students must arrange and pay their own travel. A few scholarships will be available for African PhD students working with acute malnutrition.

Lecturers:
Professor André Briend
Professor James Alexander Berkley
Doctor Marco Kerac
Etc.

For more information please contact Hannah-Rose Pesu: hpe@nexs.ku.dk.

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