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Dietitians adding value in Primary Care

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In this webinar, Mary Hickson and Avril Collinson will be discussing the value of dietitians in primary care:

- Dietitians can work as an expert generalist and first contact practitioner in primary care
- Dietitians can save money by ensuring that oral nutritional supplements and other medications are appropriately prescribed and monitored
- Dietitians will enhance the quality of service for the patients

About Mary Hickson:
Mary has been Professor of Dietetics at the University of Plymouth since 2016. Her research interests include all aspects of dietetic practice, sarcopenia and frailty, hospital nutritional care, and nutrition in older people

About Avril Collinson:
Avril, who is an Associate Professor and Academic Lead for the dietetics team, has worked at the University of Plymouth since 2008. Her research interests focus on dietetic practice both in primary and secondary care

This webinar has been supported by Nualtra.

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Jun 28, 2022 07:30 PM in London

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jun 28, 2022 07:30 PM London Topic: Dietitians adding value in Primary Care Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tW3YI752R0meiMgR6j0iJA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Avril Collinson (Associate Professor and Academic Lead for the dietetics @University of Plymouth) Avril, who is an Associate Professor and Academic Lead for the dietetics team, has worked at the University of Plymouth since 2008. Her research interests focus on dietetic practice both in primary and secondary care. She has worked in many different specialities in the NHS for over 14 years; specialising in gastroenterology and renal. She now supports quality teaching and research. Mary Hickson (Professor of Dietetics @University of Plymouth) Mary has been Professor of Dietetics at the University of Plymouth since 2016. Her research interests include all aspects of dietetic practice, sarcopenia and frailty, hospital nutritional care, and nutrition in older people. She worked in the NHS in various roles for over 23 years bringing extensive clinical experience to her academic role. She is also passionate about supporting dietitians to do high quality impactful research which enhances the profession’s evidence base. She has supervised six dietitians to obtain their doctorate and she has three more on that pathway. She is actively mentoring and supporting several others to gain funding to do a PhD.

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