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This short course provides an overview of the whole continuum of management, with emphasis on project management. It is intended to provide middle-level health care professionals basic as well as practical knowledge on how to formulate a project and how to manage a project. Their competencies will be enhanced through the different practical workshops, particularly those pertaining to case analysis, problem identification, decision-making and prioritization, project planning and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The course is designed to serve as basic reference for health care professionals interested in project management and/or general management fundamentals.

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Sensory attributes of food are very essential parameters to measure and ensure the quality of food, especially among food industries. At the end of the activity, participants are expected to conduct discriminatory, acceptability, and preference tests, as well as be able to analyze data and make conclusions based on the result of the sensory evaluation test.

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With the guidance of the faculty-in-charge (FIC), this course guides students in assessing the dietary needs of a patient/client in need of dietary intervention. They formulate diet plans (with the guidance of the FIC who is a registered nutritionist-dietitian) and implement the diet plans with the patients and/or clients. They also monitor and evaluate the diet therapy.

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With the guidance of the faculty-in-charge (FIC), the students are guided to assess the training and education needs of a specific target group (e.g., pregnant/lactating women, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly, and community health workers) in a low-income community. They are also guided in formulating an instructional design for a nutrition education session. They implement the instructional design to the chosen target group, and document and evaluate the seminar or training session.