Post Grad course part time in Nutrition

Just wondering
It has taken me 32 years but now i know what i really want to do .
maybe its taken me been sick and looking at things in a diff world i realize i dont want to be in the IT world ,
however because i was very sick a year and a half now and back to work
i dont want to risk going part time at work to take up a college course.
and as u can guess been back after been out sick for a long time makes me feel like i have alot more to prove .and also possibly in the next year i could be out again for more surgery .
so in a way part time or even distance learning would be best for me

interested in Nutrition but want to work in say hospitals or even on my own to help patients with particular illnesses, Why can i myself had problems when i went to them and they were'nt specialized enough

First of all It says on the Irish Nutrition and Dietitic Institute that "Please note that there are currently no part time courses that will give individuals a qualification that will be recognised by the statutory registration boards in either ireland or the UK " [broken link removed]

is there any Good courses that would allow me even if its for my own knowledge

or do u have to do a general degree first and then specialize

i'd be coming from a BA arts field , Post grad in Computer science and now going into Nutrition science field so it would be a completely diff career move

http://www.ucc.ie/en/CKO06/ may not be the ideal location.

www.wirefile.com for technology that allows you track intake.

Yep. I've opened a wirefile online clinic and am making money from it. Allows you to provide dietary advice to your patients anywhere. Would suit you very well as you can combine your computer science skills with nutrition. You don't even need a nutrition qualification to start and it would be a good way of finding out if nutrition is for you.

Thanks to both

However i would like to get i guess a qualification in the field
as i do think if u want to work in hospitals in ireland u would need a recognised qualification or at least an accrediated link, even to get your feet in the door , im already at a disadvantage as i have no degree in the field and no qualification. and i dont want to be giving my personal findings and research all the time, Research been what happened to me , what food works , what food does'nt work etc. u would need to be able to have an impartial view .i cant help people if its just me researching stuff, i'd like to be able to get i suppose a more ethical approarch to dieticics in general

That site is very interesting however i think to reach the patients i would want to , i would need the co operation of the medical team and having some qualification in that field would help me .

As i think no one should go thru a Trial and error approach to certain foods and how they can affect certain illnesses.
i know when i came out of hospital and found out the hard way , and then when i met other sufferers of the disease , u might have mentioned something to them aboutcertain foods and they never heard about it.
Thats rotten
If we were all equipped with the same information it might help others.
maybe i dont want to leave IT altogether but i certainly feel that if there is something lacking in the health care service it might help.

ok i'm rambling now !!

A lot of the V-Clinics are run by people who have qualifications from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition based in London. I think they have an Irish branch too so you could check this out. They are well respected.

I looked into this too over the past couple of years as I was considering a change of career into nutrition (from engineering). As you may already know there is only one primary degree course in Ireland that will qualify you to be a clinical dietician and the only qualification that will enable you to become registered. That is Human Nutrition and Dietetics in Kevin Street DIT. That is a 4.5 year course and when I was last looking (a couple of years ago) required 525 points for entry (there are a very small number of places and very high demand; different criteria are used to evaluate mature students though you would still have to demonstrate an active interest and ability in the field and a scientific background would be an advangtage I suppose) The ciriculum is intensely scientific (in fact very similar to the engineering cirriculum). A good choice if chemistry, maths and biology were your strong subjects at school or since.

There are loads of courses that will provide you with qualifications in nutrition but none except the one I mentioned above will allow you practice in hospitals.

The wirefile option sounds distinctly dodgy to me (would you accept or indeed pay for advice from someone with no qualification in any area?)... but that's just my €0.02 worth.

(Incidently, I have taken a career break for two years to return to college to train as a complementary therapist. My course includes a diploma in diet and nutrition for complementary therapists. I decided I wasn't up to returning to college for 4.5 years to undertake a ciriculum not dissimilar to that I completed in engineering only to end up working within the confines of our less that perfect (!) health system for less money than I earn as an engineer)

Good luck with whatever you decide.

I've recently been looking at this one. It's more about catering than just the theory but it's catering for healthcare.
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Graduates may expect to make careers as professionals in restaurants,
hotels, industrial catering, outdoor catering and as diet
chefs/technicians in hospitals, health centres, spas, diet and reducing clinics and sports catering.

May not be what you're after but deals a lot with nutrition and gastronomy. 2 year course.​