International Internship of Geriatric Nutrition, Food safety and Health Care Training Program
Organizer: Prof. Jane C-J Chao
(School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition)
Previous studies have shown that malnutrition in the elderly was related to multiple factors, such as physiological factors, pathological factors, social ability and psychological factors, and has become a social problem that we could not neglect. This program provides professional knowledge of geriatric nutrition and practical studies for students by inviting the faculty members from the College of Nutrition at Taipei Medical University and increases knowledge of students in geriatric nutrition by combining courses such as aging, nutrition, food safety, and health care.
There are five-program courses planned in geriatric nutrition, metabolism, food safety, and nutritional care. Professors or specialists in different nutritional fields will provide a variety of courses such as basic nutrition, nutrition and aging, molecular biology in nutrition, community nutrition, functional foods, etc. Additionally, we’ll provide a chance to visit Taipei Cancer Center, community active aging center, and aboriginal tribes. Basic theory, laboratory skills, off-campus internship and meal plan for a specific population are also included.
The 2023 TEEP program focuses on: (1) understanding geriatric nutrition, nutritional education and nutrition research in Taiwan, (2) learning about food science, geriatric nutrition, nutritional care, and practical skills to deal with clinical nutrition problems in Taiwan or other countries, (3) expanding international horizons of domestic students via connecting with international students, and (4) exploring Taiwan’s culture and providing professional knowledge and skills to international students.
Program subsidy: Participant will be eligible to receive a monthly subsidy of TWD 15,000
Program duration: July 1 – August 31, 2023
Application duration: until May 31, 2023
Applicants should submit their application at least 2 months before their intended starting date of the program.
The Internship Program for International Food Safety
This project integrates the resources from both the School of Food Safety and the Master Program in Food Safety at Taipei Medical University and provides comprehensive knowledge of food safety. Through this program, students will understand the related concepts and knowledge of food safety. The contents of this program include lectures, laboratory handling and field trips. Students will learn the procedure of food processing, transformation of agricultural products into foods, laboratory validation for food detection, traditional food analysis, rapid detection for food additives, food adulteration detection, food hygiene, restaurant safety and sanitation, and food labeling.
The Internship Program of Women’s Health Care
During puberty to postmenopausal, females were faced with multiple risk factors to influence their health condition, how to improve through diet and nutrition care becoming an important issue.
Through the professors and clinicians major in women’s health care, strengthen the student’s knowledge of women’s health-related care in academic and practical aspects, and learn relevant practical applications and understand the background of clinical-related knowledge, and train students to have the ability to integrate, present and apply what they’ve learned in class.
The Internship Program for Image-based Nutrition Care for Anemia
This course will concentrate on the application of digital technology to provide tailored nutrition care for anemia with special focus on the use of image-based dietary record and artificial intelligence (AI) for food image recognition. We have created MetaFood, a 3D/AR food portion education platform (https://sketchfab.com/susanlab108/collections) and Food App. In this course, students will (1) use of FoodApp to record and analyse their dietary intake, (2) design and create MetaFood for anemia care, and (3) train AI to recognise iron rich foods.
The Internship Program of Functional Nutrition Health Supplements and Integrate Nutrition Management System
This sub-project provides interns with professional courses of health supplements、nutrition meal and nutrition system architecture. Interns will learn how to use nutrition risk screening tools for assessment, calculate food exchange then design and prepare meal or health supplements for target group, and to learn how to analyze the collected database. We will also offer opportunities to visit various establishments including community center、sanatorium、aboriginal tribes and food processing plants that increase their knowledge.
Geriatric Nutrition Training Program for International Internship
The aim of this program is to investigate Taiwan’s geriatric nutrition and hope to learn from the overseas professors and students with different professional fields, counties, and cultures. This program also provides professional knowledge of geriatric nutrition and practical studies for students by programmed courses planned in geriatric, nutrition, metabolism, food safety, and informatics. Basic theory, laboratory skills, off-campus internship and design meals for specific population were also included.
