In this webinar, Mary Hickson and Avril Collinson discuss:
- Dietitians can work as an expert generalist andfirst contact practitioner in primary care
- Dietitians can save money by ensuring that oralnutritional supplements and other medications are appropriately prescribed andmonitored
- Dietitians will enhance the quality of servicefor the patients
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.
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.
The work Avril and Mary are presenting in the Nutribytes webinar starts to form the evidence for dietetic practice in primary care in the UK. They are seeking funding to continue to develop this programme of research to ensure dietitians can work effectively and efficiently in this setting.
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