Why should I participate?
Training in nutrition allows you to provide more services, give better care, reduce legal risks and impact your bottom line.

Advance your knowledge from undergraduate education, previous postgraduate course work and/or your experience as a licensed health care provider. Prepare yourself to qualify to sit for a board-certified examination leading to diplomate status.

Outcomes:

• Acquire a comprehensive understanding of nutritional medicine.
• Provide new and improved care to your current patient base.
• Expand services to new patients.
• Learn nutrition protocols that you can apply to your patients immediately.
• Earn a certificate of completion suitable for framing.
• Prepare yourself to become a board-certified diplomate in clinical nutrition.

Note: Individual classes can also be taken for relicensure hours. Please check with your state board about course approval.

Course Content:

Take courses in sequential order starting with session #1 and learn step-by-step as you would treat a patient. We recommend completing one course per month.

• Series 1 (154 hours): Complete ten, 14-hour online classes (#1-10) and one, 14-hour on campus class (#11 - Sept 24-25, 2011). On campus submit and present one original literature research paper suitable for publication. Learn nutrition practice management and label reading. Take a written exam covering the information from sessions 1-11.

• Series 2 (168 hours): Complete eleven, 14-hour online classes (#12-22) and one, 14-hour on campus class (#23 - Sept 29-30, 2012). On campus submit two written cases histories and defend one; learn about metabolic radiology; and take a written and practical exam covering the information from sessions 12-23.

Tuition:
$279 per online session OR
$2500 Series 1 (#1-10) (save $290)
$2779 Series 2 (#11-22) (save $290)
$279 for each on campus class

How Do I Register: Click on a "register" link purchase online with Visa, Mastercard or Discover. No refunds for online courses. You have four months from date of purchase to complete a single session. You'll have one year from date of purchase to complete a series. Call us at 952-885-5446 to register for the on campus classes.

Tests, On-campus Examinations and Grading

1. Online sessions a 30-question test follows each with a minimum passing grade of 80%. If you fail the test you can revisit the course material and retake the exam. Upon successful completion you are awarded 14 CE hours per session.
2. Series 1 final grade is determined by adding the exam and research paper grade (max 100 pts each) and then divide by two. The minimum passing grade is 75.
3. Series 2 final grade is determined by adding the written exam, practical exam and case history grade (each worth 100 pts each) and divide by two. The minimum passing grade is 75.

On campus schedule:
Series 1 - session #11: Sept 21-22, 2013
Series 2 - session #23: Sept 28-29, 2013

Bibliography: You are required to reference textbooks in addition to course notes included online with each session.

Completion certificate: Upon successful completion of the series 1 or 2 coursework you can receive a certificate of completion suitable for framing.

Board Certification: Any person wishing to apply to a certifying organization is ultimately responsible for learning the sources and material required by the examining board and/or organization. Northwestern Health Sciences University does not guarantee that all required material is covered or that all students will pass a board certification exam. Many of our participants choose to test with either Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition (www.cbcn.us) or the American Board of Clinical Nutrition (www.abcn.org). These boards require a minimum of 300 hours to qualify--our program is 322 hours.

Credit transfers: are considered from postgraduate nutrition diplomate courses taken from an institution acceptable to Northwestern. Submit an official transcript and course syllabus/outline to the continuing education department to determine if all or part of the coursework will transfer into this program. All decisions made are final and not debatable.