BDA Learning Zone

This course, consists of a mandatory 2.5 hours facilitator-led online session one week in advance of the full-day session and has been developed to help dietitians obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake the appropriate dietetic assessment, management, and monitoring of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3-5 (including patients on dialysis) and are on the CKD patient care pathway. The day aims specifically to support the development of registered dietitians in the autonomous care and treatment of individuals diagnosed with CKD stages 3-5.

Aim

To provide the registered Dietitian with knowledge and skills to enable an evidence-based approach when advising and treating patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5

Learning Outcomes

• Critically discuss the evidence base that underpins the medical and dietetic management of a patient with Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3-5
• Critically apply national guidelines relating to the identification and management of individuals with CKD to dietetic care
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the medical diagnosis and management of individuals with CKD stages 3-5
• Critically discuss the underlying causes and contributing factors to the development of specific nutrition-related problems requiring intervention in CKD stages 3-5
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the underlying causes and contributing factors to the development of undernutrition in CKD
• Critically discuss the practical dietetic management of patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3-5
• Critically apply learning on the medical and dietetic management of patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3-5 through case studies
• Demonstrate a critical and practical application of the nutrition and dietetic care process, including dietetic assessment, initiating dietetic intervention and monitoring as part of the patient care pathway, by application of learning through case studies