Clinical practice, assessment, and testing for nutritionists

Clinical Practice, Assessment and Testing

Understand clinical practice, assessment, and clinical testing for nutritionists.

About this course

The practice and application of clinical nutrition

This course teaches the theory behind evidence-based clinical practice focussing on what to do in a client consultation, which tests are valid to use (and which aren't), how to interpret standard test results, and how to conduct a real, in-person consultation with assessment and peer-review.

Note: This course is also part of the HPN2 Clinical Training Program - Certified Holistic & Performance Nutritionist

Click the link below to find out more about joining HPN2 and qualifying as a Clinical Nutritionist.

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Course curriculum

1. Essential Information
  FREE PREVIEW
2. 1 - In Clinic Consultation Practice
  FREE PREVIEW
3. Health Information Privacy Code Fact Sheet 1 Overview
4. Health Information Privacy Fact Sheet 3 Disclosure of Health Information – the basics
5. Clinical Practice Additional Resources
6. In-Clinic Consultation Practice Progress Quiz
1. 2 - In-Clinic Consultation: The Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam
2. Overview of a NFPE of Adults by Dr. Riva Touger-Decker
3. NFPE Worksheet
4. 3 - Basic biochemical assessments
5. 4 - How to read a lipid panel
6. Recap: Cholesterol
7. Why are triglycerides so important?
8. 5 - How to read a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
9. 6 - How to read a Complete Blood Count Panel
10. Clinical Assessment Progress Quiz
11. How to conduct a clinical consultation
1. HPI Position Stand: Hair Testing
2. HPI Position Stand: Adrenal Fatigue
3. HPI Position Stand: Live Blood Analysis
4. HPI Position: Zinc Taste Testing
5. IgG Testing [Podcast featuring Dr Cliff Harvey on HHHK with Steph Lowe]
1. FxMed Resource Access
2. DUTCH Testing
3. Organic Acid Testing (OAT)
1. Identifying drug-food-herb interactions
1. Research Article Upload
2. Marking Schedule
1. Recorded Consultation Upload
2. Recording Consent Form Upload
3. Marking Schedule
4. Recording Consent Form
1. HPN2 Client Intake Form
2. Clinical Practice, Assessment and Testing Notes Pages
3. Patient self-referral for testing
4. Reference Ranges