AMNEC WILL HELP YOU ADVANCE YOUR SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS
Our Mission
The environment in which Private Practice dietitians work is a fast changing and competitive market place.
More Australians are seeking preventable healthcare options via:
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more advanced holistic clinical nutrition assessments that can help identify "root cause" of their condition(s) enabiling more personalised treatment(s)
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more advanced nutritional solutions to treat or prevent illness; through use of therapeutic diets, functional foods and nutraceuticals
Therefore AMNEC intends to support private practice Dietitians to advance their Medical Nutrition Therapy skills to meet existing demand and provide the care that their clients need. Why? Because excellence in care is what we should offer all our clients.
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We intend to support skills development by providing training from our expert members, guest speakers and access to resources. Training can be delivered through seminars, webinars, conferences and symposiums, case studies and mentoring. Further our Facebook group can provide invaluable peer support. To join us please click here.
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See video AMNEC Introduction here: https://vimeo.com/676177987
Objective
Provide education and support in the following areas
ASSESSMENT
A thorough assessment of clinical signs and symptoms requires a holistic and complex multi-system approach. This often requires a comprehensive knowledge of more demanding biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology and physiology principles in order to be able to comprehensively address the myriad of chronic complex pathophysiologies that come our way.
DIAGNOSTICS
Knowing how to apply diagnostic (traditional and functional) laboratory tests that are relevant to assessing factors affecting nutritional status is key. This includes (but is not limited to) advances in traditional and functional laboratory testing for factors that contribute to (affect) nutrient deficiencies and impact nutrient sufficiency related to specific chronic complex pathophysiologies, metabolic function, oxidative stress, mitochondrial health, immune function, nutrigenomics and the gastrointestinal (gut) microbiome.
THERAPEUTIC CLINICAL DIETS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS
Using food as medicine is an important aspect of healing the body and mind. As such, building more effective therapeutic clinical diets is essential. This may involve the inclusion of functional foods with unique therapeutic properties. Also, utilising plant-based diets (especially the Mediterranean diet high in legumes). Further AMNEC will help APDs update their cooking skills.
THERAPEUTIC USE OF NUTRACEUTICALS
With more than 70% of Australians using NCs it is imperative that APDs become familiar with the evidence behind the ingredients in NCs (which may include macro-nutrients, micro-nutrients, phytonutrients, prebiotics and probiotics). APDs also need to develop skills in the evaluation and therapeutic use of NCs, including their interactions with medications
NUTRIGENOMICS
Understanding how your genes impact one’s nutrient and health status and how food contributes to gene expression (communicates to your genes) can assist in taking dietary personalisation to the next level, maximise patient compliance and optimise health outcomes.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Starting and running your own business can be challenging. We are here to ensure that you know how to build your business from the ground up and are successful for the long term.
Check out our TOOLKIT for further resources to support your immediate learning
Delivery
CASE STUDIES
Every 4-6 weeks you will be invited to attend a 1-2 hours meeting where you can discuss and get advice and support in managing some of your more complex patients from our team of expert dietitians.
LIVE APD DINNERS
These will cover above mentioned objective and will be on offer as promoted via our Facebook page
WEBINARS
Our comprehensive webinar series will commence in the second half of the year and will be available for purchase shortly.