Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-09-01 | - |
2025-07-31 | - |
Program Overview
The low FODMAP diet – Update Course
Course Overview
A diet low in fermentable short chain carbohydrates (FODMAPs) has been shown to be clinically effective in minimising the symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome. The low FODMAP diet originated in Australia and has recently been successfully adapted to the UK.
Course Features
- This self-paced course is an update for dietitians who have received training on a low FODMAP course, or regularly see patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders and use the low FODMAP diet.
- Course duration: 8 hours CPD
- The course duration will be 5 hours of direct learning with lectures and videos, and additional 3 hours of self-directed learning including quizzes, case studies and clinical observation.
- All lectures are pre-recorded. There are no taught sessions. This is a self-learning course which can be completed at your own pace.
- Upon completion of all activities, participants will be awarded a King's College London Certificate of Attendance.
Course Content
Through online lectures and problem-centred learning, participants will further refine their skills in managing individuals on a low FODMAP diet.
- Efficacy of the low FODMAP diet in irritable bowel syndrome
- Microbiome, probiotics and prebiotics and irritable bowel syndrome
- Nutritional risks of the low FODMAP diet
- Dietary management of functional constipation
- The low FODMAP diet in inflammatory bowel disease
- The clinical relevance of bile salt malabsorption and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- Non-dietary approaches in IBS
- Online appointments
- Management of non-responders to the low FODMAP
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will:
- Be competent to integrate and interpret the principles of and evidence for a low FODMAP diet in a variety of clinical situations
- Be confident in guiding patients through FODMAP reintroduction
- Have an understanding of how to manage non-responders to the low FODMAP diet
- Have an appreciation of how to develop a cost effective dietetic service for the management of functional bowel disorders
Entry Requirements
You must be a registered dietitian to join this course.
This course is designed for qualified dietitians who have received training on the low FODMAP course, or regularly see patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders and use the low FODMAP diet.
- UK dietitians: you will need to provide evidence of your registration with the HCPC as part of your application.
- Non-UK dietitians: please contact to obtain dietitian's recognition approval applying to the course.
Assessment
This course is not assessed externally but there are practice quizzes throughout the course to test your own understanding of the topics.
Key Information
- Credit value: Not for credit
- Duration: 1 day
- Fees & Discounts: Full Price: £150.00
CPD Accreditation
Who will I be taught by
- Professor Miranda Lomer, Professor of Dietetics in Gastroenterology
- Professor Kevin Whelan, Professor of Dietetics
Offered by
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Department of Nutritional Sciences
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