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GUTtalks: Nutrition Interventions for GUT Health
GUTtalks is a 10-part, lecture-based course that provides nutrition practitioners with the information needed to confidently develop evidence-based, up-to-date, nutrition plans to support clients with a range of gastro-intestinal health concerns.
30-hours of video-streamed lecture content will be provided along with pdf copies of slides for each topic.
The microbiome will be introduced in the GUTtalks series, though it will be explored more extensively in BIOMEtalks, which is available to purchase separately, for those who would like to learn more about this.
Videos will be released ~fortnightly (except Christmas/NY) between 16th November 2022 to 12th April 2023.
Lecture 1: Coeliac disease, wheat and gluten allergy and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity.
Lecture 2: Inflammatory bowel disease – pathophysiology, epidemiology and nutritional considerations.
Lecture 3: Irritable bowel syndrome, constipation and diarrhoea – pathophysiology, co-morbidities and nutritional considerations. Lecture 4: Eosophageal, gastric and duodenal health: GORD, reflux, H.Pylori, ulceration and eosinophilic oesophagitis.
Lecture 5: Cholecystectomy, pancreatic insufficiency and bile disorders.
Lecture 6: Steatohepatitis and liver diseases.
Lecture 7: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
Lecture 8: Malabsorption-related intolerances.
Lecture 9: Antibiotics and gastrointestinal side-effects, including c. difficile. Lecture 10: Intestinal Permeability: What do we really know?
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GENEtalks: Nutrigenomics in Clinical Practice
Nature versus nurture? The search for the unique determinants of health potential, what limits it and how to maximise it, has underpinned personalised nutrition practice for decades. It stands to reason that genetics has become such a hot topic for researchers and clinicians alike, to help find these answers.
How much can we really learn from genetics? Which genes do we actually have enough information about though? What do you need to know about how the tests work, the reliability of the results and how to interpret them?
And is there enough evidence to do something about them? Starting June 15th 2022, this 10-part, 30-hour, video-streaming based, fortnightly course*, will guide you from near-zero, through the essentials you will require in order to begin to use genetic testing in clinical practice.
1. Foundations in Genetics: Legislation and UK/EU initiatives; molecular biology refresh, terminology, current/future practice requirements.
2. Genetic Tests: Technologies - standardisation, reliability and accreditation of laboratories; issues and limitations.
3. Identifying, interpreting and critiquing genetic research: weight, quality, scope, statistical issues and applying evidence to clients. 4. Nutrient assimilation & metabolism
5. Cardiovascular health
6. Endocrine and metabolic health
7. Neuro-, psycho- and cognitive health
8. Inflammation & immune health
9. Musculoskeletal health
10. Detoxification, phytochemical and drug interactions
* = 1-month August Break.
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CARDIOtalks: Nutrition Applications for CV Health
The 3-hour lectures, will be available weekly to view until May 30th:
Day 1: Wednesday 2nd March 2022, 10am. Epidemiology, aetiology and prognostic determinants of cardiovascular disease. Review of pathophysiology.
Day 2: Wednesday 9th March2022, 10am. Hypertension part 1: Food and lifestyle considerations.
Day 3: Wednesday 16th March 2022, 10am. Hypertension part 2: Nutraceutical interventions and pharmaceutical interactions.
Day 4: Wednesday 23rd March 2022, 10am. Cholesterol part 1: Role in cardiovascular disease and the controversies surrounding it. Dietary lipids and influence on cholesterol.
Day 5: Wednesday 30th March 2022, 10am. Cholesterol part 2: Food and lifestyle interventions.
Day 6: Wednesday 6th April 2022, 10am. Cholesterol part 3: Nutraceutical interventions and pharmaceutical interactions.
Day 7: Wednesday 27th April 2022, 10am. Clotting: Risk factors and dietary, lifestyle and nutraceutical interventions, including pharmaceutical interactions.
Day 8: Wednesday 4th May 2022, 10am. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and outcomes: Dietary, lifestyle and nutraceutical interventions.
Day 9: Wednesday 11th May 2022, 10am. Obesity, steatohepatitis and diabetes in cardiovascular disease part 1: Dietary and lifestyle considerations.
Day 10: Wednesday 18th May 2022, 10am. Obesity, steatohepatitis and diabetes in cardiovascular disease part 2: Nutraceutical interventions and interactions.
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EBMplay Level 2 - Practising Analytical Skills
This 8-week workshop-based course enables practitioners to practice, develop and apply analytical skills discussed in EBMtalks level 2 lectures, to build independence and confidence.
Streaming-on-demand videos, activity resources and a private discussion forum will be provided.
Week 1: Tuesday September 20th 2022 Using the Cochrane Risk of bias tools, and thinking critically about them.
Week 2: Tuesday October 4th 2022 Building foundations in statistics: how to calculate measures of effect and rules about their use.
Week 3: Tuesday October 18th 2022 Building foundations in statistics: an introduction to confidence interval, p-value and power calculation.
Week 4: Tuesday November 1st 2022 Sample-size estimation in controlled trials. Unique controlled trial designs and their appraisal. Missing data handling.
Week 5: Tuesday November 15th 2022 An introduction to regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Relevance to research types and problems.
Week 6: Tuesday November 29th 2022 Making sense of genetic, prognostic, diagnostic and pharmacokinetic research. Calculating sensitivity, specificity and area under the curve.
Week 7: Tuesday December 13th 2022 Types of meta-analytic methods; their uses and limitations. Missing information management. Understanding network meta-analysis.
Week 8: Tuesday January 17th 2022 Use of GRADE in research implementation into practice. Critical considerations and communicating research effectively.
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EBMplay - Level 1: Applying Concepts in Practice
This 8-part workshop-based course nurtures confidence in applying concepts introduced in EBMtalks level 1 lectures, to support clinical decision-making. Guided demonstrations, interactive discussions and activities will make it easier to find, prioritise, critique and apply research to find answers to clinical problems.
Making sense of research, despite its rewards, is challenging and encompasses a whole new language to familiarise yourself with and a mindset shift to practice and apply.
The EBMplay workshops are designed to help "practice" and see the concepts in action. The workshop materials can be accessed and interacted with at your leisure.
They are intended to be engaged with rather than observed, to help you to use the information more easily in practice - and prepare for EBM level 2.
Try the activities on your own using the videos - and feel free to ask for help if you have any questions!
Week 1: Guided search strategy optimisation and demonstration. Week 2: Understanding statistics in research: A non-mathematical approach.
Week 3: Critical appraisal of cohort studies.
Week 4: Thinking critically about Case-control studies.
Week 5: A critical comparison of Cross-sectional and Ecological research.
Week 6: Understanding the strengths and limitations of case-studies and case-series.
Week 7: Differentiating and appraising randomised controlled trials.
Week 8: Making sense of meta-analysis, network-analysis and systematic review-based research.
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EBMtalks - Level 2: Diving Deeper into Research
This 10-part lecture-based course helps practitioners develop essential analytical and statistical skills needed to read and critically appraise research independently. Each lecture lasts ~3hrs and is pre-recorded with slides provided. Released fortnightly from 31/8/22.
Week 1: Research ethics, transparency, and reporting standards. Risk of bias analysis tools, their use and interpretation.
Week 2: Essential biostatistics: how to calculate measures of effect and rules about their use.
Week 3: Building foundations in statistics: an introduction to confidence interval, p-value and power calculation.
Week 4: A deeper dive into sampling, recruitment and randomisation methods in research.
Week 5: Sample-size estimation in controlled trials. Unique controlled trial designs and their appraisal. Missing data handling. Week 6: Sample-size estimation in observational studies. Unique variants of observational studies and their appraisal.
Week 7: An introduction to regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Relevance to research types and problems.
Week 8: Making sense of genetic, prognostic, diagnostic and pharmacokinetic research. Calculating sensitivity & specificity. Week 9: Types of meta-analytic methods; their uses and limitations. Missing information management. Understanding network meta-analysis.
Week 10: Use of GRADE in research and its role in implementing research into clinical practice. Critical considerations and communicating research effectively.
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EBMtalks - Level 1: Essentials of Health Research
EBMtalks level 1 is designed to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the principles of evidence-based medicine and healthcare practice.
The course provides 10x 2 hour pre-recorded (streamed) lectures, introducing concepts in evidence based nutrition practice, including how to find, read and think critically about health research.
Day 1: History and philosophy of science and evidence-based medicine.
Day 2: Finding research: databases, search engines, optimising search terms, storing and collating research. Formulating research questions. Private versus open access research and their strengths and limitations. Introduction to types of evidence and the hierarchy of evidence.
Day 3: Introduction to forms of bias in research including cognitive bias. Introduction to critical thinking.
Day 4: Introduction to epidemiology - understanding its relevance to nutrition, controversies and issues. Introduction to statistical concepts in epidemiology for non-mathematicians.
Day 5: Cohort studies
Day 6: Case-control studies
Day 7: Cross-sectional and ecological studies
Day 8: Case studies and Case series, animal and in-vitro evidence, in-silico research and Genetics research.
Day 9: Interventional studies - Randomised and non-randomised controlled trials.
Day 10: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses - understanding the overlap and differences in these studies, their design, their limitations and key statistical models and visual representations of pooled data.
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LABplay: Case-focused Testing in Action
This 8-part course enables practitioners to apply knowledge gained though LABtalks to case-study based scenarios. Interactive discussions and games will reinforce learning and build confidence in using laboratory tests to improve clinical problem-solving and trouble-shooting.
The video materials will provide instructions, explanations and facilitate reflection to help you make the most of the activities. Answers and solved problems will be available to check your understanding once you have completed the activities.
The video resources and the activities combined are intended to take around 2 to 2.5 hours per case-study, providing a total of 16 hours CPD.
Case 1: Depression, exhaustion and uterine fibroids: nutritional assessment and endocrine health.
Case 2: Loss of libido and impotence in men: endocrine health and renal health.
Case 3: Hypertension - cardiometabolic and renal health.
Case 4: Fatty liver disease - cardiometabolic and digestive health. Case 5: Inflammatory bowel disease and comorbidity: gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal health.
Case 6: Stress-aggravated atopic disorders and irritable bowel syndrome: allergy and gastrointestinal health.
Case 7: Neurological health: Multiple sclerosis and pernicious anaemia: nutritional assessment, gastrointestinal health and inflammation.
Week 8: Cystic Fibrosis in an active male: nutrient malabsorption, body composition and steatorrhea: Nutritional assessment, breath testing and digestive health.
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LABtalks: Clinical Testing for Nutrition Practice.
This is a pre-recorded lecture-based course designed to support nutrition practitioners to choose and interpret evidence-based laboratory tests with confidence.
Whether you're a nutrition student looking to develop your lab testing knowledge for clinical assessment, a newly qualified practitioner keen to build confidence with your own client-work or a seasoned professional wanting to stay up-to-date, reflect on your own or broader practice habits, there is something to learn in this course.
The lectures will be available to stream over an 20-week period, giving you 2 weeks per lecture to watch, re-watch, read the references and check your readiness for the next lecture.
To obtain CPD certification, all lectures need to be engaged with. Check "complete" at the end of each step when you're ready.
The subjects you will learn about include:
Week 1: Ethical practice, laboratory accreditation &over-testing Week 2: Primary assessment of nutritional status
Week 3: Endocrine testing - thyroid, prostate, adrenal and reproductive health.
Week 4: Cardiometabolic risk assessment
Week 5: Digestive health assessment
Week 6: Musculoskeletal and renal health assessment
Week 7: Allergy testing and a critical look at intolerance testing. Week 8: Comprehensive and specific stool testing options.
Week 9: A critical look at intestinal permeability & breath testing. Week 10: Critical introduction to organic acid testing.