Dietetics & Food Therapeutics
The University of Ghana Medical Centre Dietetics Nutrition and Food Therapeutics Department provides dietetics and nutrition services to in-patients/clients in the hospital and out-patients service in the immediate community.
LIST OF SERVICES
- Food service
- In-patient and out-patient services
- Education
- Research
- Community services
1. Food service
- Therapeutic diets
- Food and beverages
2. In-patient and out-patient services
- Critically ill nutrition care
- Cancer nutrition care
- Gastrointestinal disease nutrition
- Diabetes mellitus nutrition
- Eating disorders nutrition
- Hypertension nutrition
- Heart failure nutrition
- Hyperlipidemia nutrition
- HIV/AIDs nutrition
- Kidney disease nutrition
- Post-surgery for optimal and wound healing nutrition
- Overweight management
- Underweight management
- Bariatric surgery management
- Modified consistency diets
- Chronic kidney disease nutrition
- Pre-dialysis nutrition
- Hemodialysis nutrition
- Peritoneal dialysis nutrition
- Mechanical ventilation non-oral nutrition
- Nasogastric feeding
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding
3. Education
- Structured clinical placement for Ghanaian Dietetics and Nutrition students studying in Ghana and overseas.
- Food service internships for students studying locally and overseas.
- Research projects for dietetics and nutrition students locally and overseas
- Dietetics and nutrition lectures for health care professionals, students, and the public.
4. Research
- Dieticians and Nutritionists involved in research to support evidence-based practice.
- Collaborate with other nutrition professionals locally and overseas to enhance patient care and service delivery.
5. Community Service
- To conduct nutrition talks and workshops for staff the university community and patients.
- To provide dietetics services to the university community
- To organize and support nutrition-related events for our staff and the public on disease prevention and management.