Developing a Nutrition Program

Video Presentations

Online video presentations share information from those with experience implementing nutritional therapy to help others do the same:

• Offering Nutritional Therapies to Patients with IBD: Even if You're not an Expert
  Kaylie Nguyen, MSN, PNP and Venus S. Kalami, MNSP, RDN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford

• EEN: Amy Donegan, RD, Affiliation Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus Ohio
  Amy Donegan explains how Affiliation Nationwide Children's Hospital implemented EEN in a busy practice setting.

• SCD: Dale Lee, MD, MSCE, Seattle Children's Hospital
  Dr Lee talks about how to discuss nutritional therapy with patients and the use of SCD in clinical practice.

Training

On-site training is available at the following locations:

• Barbara Olendzki, RD, MPH, LD (email)
  University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Applied Nutrition

Some educational professionals will travel to your practice:

• Kim Braly, RD, CD, CNSC; Kim Braly Nutrition
  
• Barbara Olendzki, RD, MPH, LD (email)
  University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Applied Nutrition

Continuing Education Programs

Continuing education programs include the following:

• SCD: The Academy: Cutting Edge Continuing Education in Gut Health by Kim Braly, RD, CD, CNSC
  
  
• SCD: Learn about the SCD to Support Clients with IBD and How It Compares with Other Evidence-based Nutritional Therapies (available credit: 2.00 CDR)
  
  
• CDED: Modulife Expert Training
  
  
• CDED: [Webinar] Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED) for Treatment of IBD by Lindsey Albenberg, DO, Jen Smith, MS, RD, CSP, LD, LMT, and Sandra C. Kim, MD (FREE continuing education: 1.0 RN CE; 1.0 RD CPEU)
  
  
• Nutrition and IBD: Demystifying Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Implementation of Nutrition Management by
  Robert N. Baldassano, MD, and Sandra C. Kim, MD (Continuing Education Units: 1.0 Nurse Contact Hours, 1.0 Dietitian CPEU)
  
  
• Nutrition and IBD: Clinical Case Scenarios in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Research Updates and What's New with Best Practice Management by Robert N. Baldassano, MD, Sandra C. Kim, MD, and Jennifer L. Smith, MS, RD, CSP, LD, LMT (Continuing Education Units: 1.0 Nurse Contact Hours, 1.0 Dietitian CPEU)
  

Creative Ideas

A strong and vibrant nutritional program includes creative means of helping patients and families learn new skills that will increase their chances of success with nutritional therapy. Some examples include the following:

• Cooking classes/videos at the institution or hospital, which can be led by knowledgeable patients or families or by a dietitian:
  Stanford's IBD Cooking Night
  University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Applied Nutrition courses
  Seattle Children's Hospital SCDelicious cooking videos: Maddie's Banana Cake and Avi's Cheesy Crackers and Dip
• Grocery store tours illustrating how to read labels and where to find therapeutic diet staples.
• Collaboration with local restaurants and chefs to create programs that involve local farmer market shopping followed by cooking a meal in the restaurant:
  Cooking Together for Wellness – Chefs, Doctors and Young Patients (Seattle Children's Hospital)
• Develop a list of local chefs that could provide services to families that need help cooking compliant meals.
• Set up support groups that are led by patients.
• Hold regular nutrition conferences and symposiums:
  Seattle Children's Hospital 8th Nutrition Symposium brochure