NYCC Offers Masters in Applied Clinical Nutrition

American dieters just got some new help in their battle of the bulge. New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) in Seneca Falls, New York, is instituting a nutritional program that will prepare experts to assist patients with their diet-related problems. NYCC’s new program, founded by world-renowned nutritionist, Dr. Shari Lieberman, will enable matriculating healthcare professionals to blend clinical nutrition applications with existing preventative and treatment options. It is structured to provide comprehensive professional education to prepare graduates to practice in a wide range of clinical, consulting and industry settings. It will emphasize an integrative approach to healthcare with the specific aim to provide a professionally oriented curriculum, focused on clinical nutrition and its application in prevention and disease management. The program emphasizes an integrative approach to healthcare, and is applicable to practice in a wide range of clinical, consulting and industry settings. The 36-credit hour (540 hours), six-trimester program differs significantly from many nutrition curricula because of its focus on applied clinical nutrition and its application in prevention and disease management. Graduates will be able to individually design intervention programs that encompass diet, exercise, nutritional supplementation (e.g., vitamins, minerals, botanicals, essential fatty acids, amino acids), well suited for private practitioners, for integrative practice with other professionals, and for consultant roles with research and industry. Coursework: When and Where? The program is designed for working health professionals who are currently healing patients and working to prevent the onset of illness. Consequently, NYCC’s coursework is uniquely designed to be taught one weekend per month allowing busy professionals to participate. Coursework is delivered through NYCC’s interactive video teleconferencing system located in each location: Levittown, NY (Long Island), Seneca Falls, NY, and DePew, NY (near Buffalo) and is supplemented with online computer modules. The College has found that this method of teaching offers a number of benefits for its students. Delivery of the course to students in all three locations allows students to interact with the instructor and other students in real time, thereby allowing for personal interaction between instructor and students to occur at each site at least once per term. The faculty – all highly accredited seasoned professionals with clinical research experience – will “rotate” teaching in each of the centers during the trimester, thereby allowing for physical interaction between instructor and students to occur at each site at least once per term. For more information about New York Chiropractic College’s Applied Clinical Nutrition program, contact the office of Admissions at 1-800-234-6922, visit the College at 2360 State Route 89 in Seneca Falls, N.Y., or log on to www.nycc.edu.