Program

RENAL & CLINICAL DIETITIAN TRACK

Advanced Practice in Renal Nutrition: Update 2013 (Strategies II)

Tuesday, April 2, 7:30am - 5:00pm
Course Director: Alison Steiber, PhD, RD, LD
Session 521; 7.25 CPEUs

Target Audience:
Designed for seasoned dietitians.

Course Description:
This course is designed to 1) integrate new research into clinical practice; 2) foster critical thinking strategies to improve nutrition status of patients with chronic kidney disease, and 3) promote interactive learning that will result in changes in practice which ultimately will improve patient outcomes. This will be achieved by integrating research with clinical practice. Topics for presentation and discussion include: obesity as a risk factor for CKD, PEW and Sarcopenia in CKD patients who are Obese, Waist Circumference and BMI as predictors for Mortality in patients with CKD, Wound healing in Obese CKD Patients, the relationship between sleep, quality of life and obesity, and weight loss strategies in CKD.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe research results and techniques in which those results can be integrated into clinical practice.
Generate dialog between participants on ways to identify issues specific to patients with CKD who are obese.
Use novel and interactive learning to present advanced information with techniques which will foster critical thinking, retention, and thus enhanced learning by participants

Course Agenda
Time	Topic	Faculty
7:30am – 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am – 8:30am	Welcome From Leadership	Alison Steiber, PhD, RD, LD
8:30am – 9:30 am	Obesity as a Risk Factor for CKD	Juan Jesus Carrero, PhD
9:30am – 10:30 am	Waist Circumference, BMI and Mortality in CKD Pre-dialysis vs. Dialysis Patients	Alison Steiber, PhD, RD, LD
10:30am – 10:45 am	Break
10:45am – 11:45am	Wound Healing and Obesity: A look a macro and micronutrient Need	Arianna Aoun, MS, RD, CSR
11:45am – 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm	PEW and Sarcopenia in CKD Patients: What Are the Differences between Them?	Carla Avesani, PhD, Dietitian
2:00pm – 3:00pm	The Impact of Sleep on BMI and QOL in Dialysis Patients	Jerrilynn Burrowes, PhD, RD, CW Post
3:00pm – 3:15pm	Break
3:15pm – 4:15pm	Weight Loss in CKD and Dialysis: Getting Ready for Transplant	Sankar Navaneethan MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
4:15pm – 5:00pm	Questions and Answers Evaluations

REQUIRED: Separate registration of $150 ($200 if registration for the course only). Includes breakfast, boxed lunch, course syllabus, and CE credit.

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