Activity Dates
- Speaker dates available upson request
- Please email Taylor Horrigan at [email protected] with all requests
- Virtual Training – September 10, 2025
- Please email Mary Kronik at [email protected] with additional questions
- Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting (link will be sent via email one week prior to scheduled date)
Course Overview/Description
Virtual Learning:
- Small group training sessions
- Group application of the Academy/ASPEN adult malnutrition guidelines in a simulated virtual setting with trained actors and observers presenting case study scenarios
- Comprehensive review of determining etiology to accurately diagnose malnutrition
- Virtual simulated demonstration on completion of the nutrition focused physical exam
- Review of fluid accumulation and how fluid impacts malnutrition diagnosis
Learning Objectives
After completing the virtual educational activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- Conduct an interview including medical/surgical history, diet history, and weight history to obtain evidence related to the etiology, presence, and degree of malnutrition.
- Verbally instruct an educator on conducting a nutrition-focused physical examination to determine the loss of subcutaneous fat and/or muscle mass and the presence of possible micronutrient deficiencies and fluid accumulation.
- Determine the etiology, presence, and degree of malnutrition using the Academy/ASPEN adult malnutrition guidelines.
- Recognize the differences between acute and chronic inflammation as it relates to identifying malnutrition.
- Apply practical tactics to help consistently identify an appropriate etiology as a framework for recognizing malnutrition.