Leadership Education Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition

http://shrs.iupui.edu/nutrition_dietetics/degrees/fellowship.html

James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children

Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis, IN

Objective

The objective of the fellowship program is to prepare dietitians/nutritionists to function as specialists in the care of high-risk infants, children and adolescents throughout the continuum from acute hospital care to ambulatory community care.

Qualifications

The fellow must be a registered dietitian and have a minimum of 12 months of clinical experience. A master's degree in nutrition or enrollment in a master's degree program in nutrition is highly desirable.

Content

The program content will be individualized to meet the interests, needs and abilities of the leadership education excellence in pediatric nutrition fellow. The fellowship program consists of core content that includes lectures that discuss medical and nutritional principles of the management of normal infants and high-risk infants and children with specific diseases or conditions such as prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cyanotic heart disease, myelomeningocele, cystic fibrosis and failure to thrive.

The core content also includes guided clinical experiences in managing the nutritional care of high-risk infants with these conditions and others. The core training will occur in the high-risk infant and toddler units and newborn intensive care units at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children and University Hospital, community public health clinics and the Indiana State Board of Health in Indianapolis. An outline of the program follows.

Admission Questions? Dawn Lipker, 317-274-7238 or dlipker@iupui.edu

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