You will open new avenues of knowledge in Diet Therapy through a program designed by experts and with which you will be able to adapt your career to the specifications of the sector”

Changes in dietary patterns in recent decades have led to imbalances that have seriously affected the health of many people. In addition, recent studies have shown that certain diseases or pathologies related to the renal, endocrine or neurological systems, among others, can be highly benefited through the intake of specific foods. In this way, pharmacy professionals, as experts in chemistry, can find in this field a new avenue for professional growth. In fact, the labor market is increasingly demanding the presence of people versed in both areas, in order to offer a more complete and specialized service to their patients.

Based on this demand, TECH has developed the Diet Therapy program, a complete and modern 100% online program that combines, in a compact and versatile program, the ins and outs of nutrition and its intervention in health and its prevention. In addition, it also delves into the specific nutrition of diseases such as overweight, obesity, related to dysfunctions and pathologies of the digestive tract, renal, hepatic and pancreatic problems, etc.

It is, therefore, a unique opportunity to update and expand the knowledge of graduates through a program designed by experts in nutrition and pharmacy, which gathers the most cutting-edge information in the sector and also includes the most sophisticated academic tools to make this degree a unique academic experience. For this purpose, they will also have hours of high quality additional material that will help them not only to contextualize the syllabus, but also to deepen in those aspects that they consider more relevant for their professional development.

You will be able to know in depth the recommended nutrition for patients with renal, hepatic and pancreatic diseases and pancreatic diseases and adapt diets to their specifications”

This professional master’s degree in Diet Therapy contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Nutrition and Pharmacy
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Diabetes is one of the most frequent pathologies that require a specific diet. Therefore, this professional master’s degree includes a specific module related to endocrine-metabolic diseases”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow professionals to learn in a contextual and situated learning environment, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to prepare in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented to them throughout the academic program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

With this program, it delves into the pathologies with altered eating behaviors and the recommendations to adapt the diets of this type of patients"

You will be able to access the virtual classroom 24 hours a day from Monday to Friday, so that you can organize yourself in a personalized way"

Diet Therapy has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, so the objective of this program is to bring together, in a single program, the most cutting-edge and accurate information that allows pharmacists to develop a comprehensive knowledge of Diet Therapy. In addition, its purpose is to provide them with the most sophisticated academic tools, which will facilitate the experience and make it a unique opportunity to open a new professional path in their career.

Whatever your academic goals are, TECH guarantees to provide you with the best academic tools to help you achieve them”

General Objectives

• Broaden knowledge and incorporate advanced and innovative knowledge in food and nutrition in the daily clinical practice of the Pharmacist
• Revise the fundamental aspects of healthy eating, with a current approach aimed at risk prevention
• Delve into the correct management of daily nutrition
• Examine the most common syndromes and symptoms related to nutritional problems

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Nutrition, Health and Disease Prevention: Current Issues and Recommendations for the General Population

• Analyze patient's eating habits, as well as their problems and motivation
• Update nutritional recommendations based on scientific evidence for their application in clinical practice
• Prepare for the design of nutritional education strategies and patient care

Module 2. Assessment of Nutritional Status and Calculation of Personalized Nutritional Plans, Recommendations and Monitoring

• Adequate La assessment of the clinical case: interpretation of causes and risks
• Personalized calculation of nutritional plans taking into account all individual variables
• Planning nutritional plans and models for a complete and practical recommendation

Module 3. Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities

• Adequate La assessment of the clinical case: interpretation of causes of overweight and obesity, comorbidities and risks
• Calculate and individually prescribe the different models of hypocaloric diets
• Plan consultations and multidisciplinary team in obesity

Module 4. Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence

• Update knowledge on childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity, epigenetic factors and advances in multidisciplinary management and treatment with special focus on the nutritional approach
• Broaden the specific therapeutic approach to eating disorders and genetic syndromes associated with nutritional alterations
• Study new evidence on feeding models in pediatrics and adolescent medicine. Useful tools for consultation
• Approach nutrition adapted to pediatric pathology

Module 5. Nutrition in Dysfunctions and Pathologies along the Digestive Tract

• Study the functions and pathologies of the digestive apparatus
• Complete evaluation of the clinical case and the digestive health 
• Understanding the intestinal microbiota and its relationship with endocrine and nervous system

Module 6. Nutrition in Renal, Hepatic and Pancreatic Diseases

• Update knowledge of renal, hepatic and pancreatic functions and pathologies, and their relationship with nutrition
• Assess clinical cases, application tools in nutrition consultation
• Plan nutritional treatments based on scientific evidence and assessment of evolution

Module 7. Nutrition in Endocrine-Metabolic and Autoimmune Pathologies

• Individualize nutritional planning for patients with insulin-dependent DM1 and DM2 and insulin resistance
• Explore adapted nutritional recommendations based on scientific evidence in autoimmune, endocrine and respiratory pathologies
• Delve into the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia and osteopenia

Module 8. Nutrition in Nervous System Pathologies

• Update on the scientific evidence the relationship between nervous system pathologies and nutrition
• Assess the patient's needs and difficulties, in addition to an adequate assessment of the nutritional status
• Learn the main psychological aspects of patients with alterations of behavioral disorders

Module 9. Oncology Patient Nutrition

• Know how this pathology affects the nutritional level, from the organic, psychological and metabolic point of view
• Identify malnutrition in the context of a neoplastic disease as the only pathology or in the pluripathological patient, as well as to prevent them
• Personalize the nutritional treatment, covering the needs of the patient in antineoplastic treatment, and/or surgeries

Module 10. Nutrition for Health, Equity and Sustainability

• Analyze the scientific evidence regarding the impact of food on the environment
• Learn about current legislation in the food industry and consumption
• Assess the health effects derived from the current food model and the consumption of ultra-processed food

This professional master’s degree aims to make you a pharmacist versed in Diet Therapy, a professional even more prepared to face more challenges in your career”