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Improving the Care of Patients with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis through Nutrition
Dietitians are essential to successful treatment with nutritional therapy. Enteral nutrition and therapeutic diets require much personal motivation and skills to navigate dietary changes in order to maintain adherence. Knowledgeable dietitians can provide proper patient education to improve compliance and foster support and encouragement.
To enhance knowledge of these complex diets and their implementation, providers (physicians, dietitians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and social workers) may opt to travel for on-site training.
Online video presentations share information from those with experience implementing nutritional therapy to help others do the same:
Some educational professionals will travel to your practice:
Continuing education programs include the following:
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: