Course Details

Event: AuSPEN Advanced Nutrition Course 2025

Dates: Thursday 19th – Saturday 21st June 2025

Venue: RACV City Club - 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000

Course Dinner: 6pm Thursday 19th June 2025. This is a great networking opportunity, and a chance for people travelling alone to dine with friends! The venue will be announced closer to the event, but will be within walking distance to the conference venue. Food and drink will be ordered from a menu - only pay for what you want. Information will be sent to delegates once dinner details are confirmed and you’ll be provided an option to book with us.

Registration*:

Members/Student Members $720 incl GST
Non-members $980 incl GST

Accommodation: We have organised a discounted accommodation rate at RACV City Club Melbourne. Nights available from Wed, 18 Jun - Sun, 22 Jun 2025.

The link to book discounted accommodation is on your confirmation page post-registration.

About the AuSPEN Advanced Nutrition Course

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the principles and application of nutrition support for those involved in the nutritional care of patients. With a multidisciplinary focus, this course would suit a physician, surgeon, nurse specialist, dietitian or pharmacist with an active role in nutrition support looking to enhance their learning in this area. Given there is nothing of its kind available in the Australasian area, we seek to meet the professional development needs of experienced clinicians in the area of clinical nutrition.

Through the use of facilitated discussion, problem-based learning and a seminar-style environment, focus points will include:

Nutritional assessment and objective measurements of body composition and function
Acid base interplay and complex biochemistry
The emerging area of DGBI and GLP1 inhibitors
Nutritional requirements in different disease states
Complexities of enteral and parenteral nutrition
The compromised gut and intestinal failure
Leadership and research

What you will learn

Following attendance at the Advanced Nutrition Course attendees will be able to:

Critically assess the nutritional status and requirements of patients taking into consideration all aspects of nutrition, across a number of nutrition support settings.
Evaluate the nutrition and hydration needs of complex nutrition support patients.
Understand the role of each member of the nutrition support team, and work closely to ensure a unified nutrition management plan for the nutrition support patient.
Incorporate evidence-based learning into a clinical setting

Specialist Facilitators

Each module for this course has been written by highly specialised health professionals ensuring the most up-to-date evidence is incorporated into training. Local specialist health professionals will deliver a mixture of lectures, problem-based learning sessions, and practical sessions. Participants will have access to all materials, including key papers, where key readings are suggested. As the subject matter is cumulative, it is essential that participants are able to attend all three days of the course.

Who should attend?

This course is recommended for anyone who has worked for at least three years in a clinical environment.

Visit the Advanced Nutrition Course Website here.