Undergraduate
Faculty of Health Sciences
Nutrition and Dietetics
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Geriatric Nutrition

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
BES5012 Geriatric Nutrition 3/0/0 DE Turkish 3
Course Goals
Identification of the aging process, common health problems in this period, and nutritional suggestions for these problems.
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Schedule This course is not offered in the this academic year.
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Teaching Methods and Techniques -Lecture, Discussion, Question-Answer, Presentation
Principle Sources -Aksoydan E. Yaşlılık ve Beslenme. T.C.Sağlık Bakanlığı ve Başkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, 2006. 
Other Sources - Keep fit for life- meeting the nutritional needs of older persons. WHO & Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Geneva, Switzerland. 2002.
- Diet, nutrition, and the prevention of chronic diseases. Report of a joint WHO/FAO expert consultation. WHO Technical Report Series No 916. Geneva, WHO, 2003.
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Definition of elderly and importance Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
2. Week Aging population structure in the world and Turkey, properties Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
3. Week Effect of aging on physiology and systems Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
4. Week Physical, social and environmental effects of aging Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
5. Week Evaluation of the elderly individual Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
6. Week The effect of feeding on the formation of diseases Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
7. Week Midterm
8. Week Nutrition in diseases that are common in old age Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
9. Week Nutrition in diseases that are common in old age Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
10. Week Nutrition in diseases that are common in old age Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
11. Week Nutritional drug interactions during elderly Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
12. Week Aging and nutritional safety Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
13. Week Aging and nutritional safety Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
14. Week Planning of feeding in elderly care centers Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Presentation, Project presentation
15. Week Final exam
16. Week Final exam
17. Week Final exam
Assessments
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Program Outcomes
PO-1It covers the issues of determining and evaluating general health problems related to nutrition. To be able to communicate effectively between individuals, both written and verbal, to be able to work as an interdisciplinary team.
PO-2To be able to explain Nutrition and Dietetic practices using this knowledge, to develop materials and to provide evidence-based data.
PO-3Identification of the needs of clients for their nutritional and dietary recommendations, identification of individual treatment protocols, and evaluation of results.
PO-4Ability to follow plans, policies, laws, regulations, legislation affecting the profession of dieticians, to assume personal responsibility in professional practices and decisions taken.
PO-5To be able to identify and solve the ethical problems that may arise in the dietitian-client relationship and to develop strategies that will help the clients to choose safe, healthy and accessible foods.
PO-6Nutrition and Dietetic students and stays, professional trainings and internships.
PO-7To provide a qualified nutrition and dietetic service, to improve health, to prevent diseases and treatments, to apply professional knowledge and skills in food and beverage sector.
PO-8Ability to have adequate knowledge of basic knowledge, scientific stance and professional skills in nutrition, nutrition, dietetics, management and other fields.
PO-9Planning, implementation, follow-up and evaluation of appropriate medical nutrition treatment considering individual's socio-cultural and economic structure and nutrition habits.
PO-10To be able to evaluate factors affecting nutrient quality of individual and society in food production-consumption chain and to be able to apply standards and legal regulations on nutritional safety and safety.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1Learns the features of old age.
LO-2Students will be able to determine the nutritional status of the elderly.
LO-3Students will gain the ability to create appropriate nutrition plans for the old age period.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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