18 Nutrition and Dietetics Certificate Programs

This course has been designed to provide advanced professional education in diabetes care for a wide range of practitioners working in primary care including general practitioners, nurses from primary care, podiatrists, and pharmacists.

This advanced training enables you to support people in the healthcare sector in managing their health problems, for example, by developing individualized nutrition plans to treat or prevent illnesses. Alternatively, you can work as a nutritional counselor, providing information and advice on healthy eating in schools, universities, or community centers through workshops, training sessions, or individual consultations. You will engage with relevant stakeholders in science and research and become familiar with professional societies and research institutions, as well as key publication and communication channels.

The Faculty of Food Service, Cookery, and Nutrition aims to cultivate professional cooks and nutritionists who can take responsibility for the development of the foodservice industry, globalization of Korean food, and health and nutrition of the people. To this end, we are producing culinary experts who will play a pivotal role in various cooking areas through theoretical and practical training on cooking and nutrition, and nutritionists who can take responsibility for the health and nutrition of all people.

The nutrition certificate program is designed for those who want to deepen their understanding of essential dietary principles and how nutrition impacts health. It covers a wide range of topics, inclu...

The Holistic Nutrition Certificate Program (HNCP) is a unique 4-month program that introduces students to whole foods nutrition and the medicinal uses of food according to various cultures.

At Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, we understand that health is never the result of one single factor. Health outcomes are a complex interplay of many contributing influences—physical, chemical, genetic, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and even environmental. That’s why our integrative and comprehensive nutrition programs are based on science with a whole-person perspective.

The Nutrition Coach course from the Australian Institute of Fitness equips fitness professionals with the skills to give clients up-to-date nutrition information within their scope of practice.

Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) What is an ISPP? In September 2011, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics announced the development of Individualized Supervised Practice Pathways or ISPPs ("ispeys") which are intended to add supervised practice capacity through ACEND-accredited dietetics programs, while providing student protections missing from the unaccredited models of the past. Programs that host ISPPs must be accredited in good standing by ACEND and must assure compliance with ACEND accreditation standards including those addressing supervised practice. Pepperdine has recently been approved by ACEND to provide ISPPs.

The Post Baccalaureate Certificate in East Asian Nutrition Program (CEAN) requires 61.5 credits (785 hours) including 255 hours of Clinical training to complete the program. The normal program length of CEAN is 1 year.

The Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies will introduce you to counselling theory and support you in developing foundational counselling skills that are required prior to commencing further therapeutic training. The certificate is a stand-alone basic skills award issued by Metanoia Institute. Although completion of the Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies does not guarantee acceptance on a professional training programme, an introductory skills therapeutic skills course is a pre-requisite for starting professional study. You will either need to successfully complete the Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies course, or you must have undertaken an equivalent training elsewhere.

Our certificate in understanding the care and management of diabetes course is great for both individuals interested in developing their understanding of diabetes, as well as employers looking for training to upskill their staff.

Cooks in health care are in demand. The Health Care Cook program is designed to prepare cooks for work in health care settings, such as hospitals, long-term care homes, personal care homes, and private care facilities. You will interact with patients and residents, modify diets to meet specific texture and nutritional requirements related to medical conditions. You will combine hands-on cooking skills with online theoretical knowledge to flexibly gain valuable health care cooking experience. You will gain experience in: General cooking skills Menu planning Nutrition Special diets Special event planning Communication skills Kitchen operations Safety and sanitation Health care systems You’ll have the knowledge and skills for a wide variety of jobs in the health care sector, and work full-time in hospitals, long-term care homes, personal care homes, and more.

This Commercial Cookery qualification reflects the role of cooks who use a wide range of well-developed cookery skills and sound knowledge of kitchen operations to prepare food and menu items. Using discretion and judgement, they work with some independence and under limited supervision using plans, policies and procedures to guide work activities.

Self-paced, fully online certificate programs that provide clinicians and paraprofessionals with current, practice-focused diabetes education; programs include a clinician track (100 hours) and a paraprofessional track (30 hours) and offer specialty certificate tracks for multiple health professions.

This qualification reflects the role of chefs and cooks who have a supervisory or team leading role in the kitchen. They operate independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems.