1. Providing high standards of educational service in the field of clinical nutrition.
2. Developing research skills for bachelor’s students in the field of clinical nutrition.
3. Encouraging participation in health education and disease prevention through community activity.

General Objectives:

The goal of the program is to provide graduates with the knowledge, skills and experience required to provide individuals and communities with scientific evidence-based medical nutrition services.

This goal falls within the strategic plan of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, which is based on providing the community with health care providers who have the highest degrees of medical and health education and training.

This program aims to obtain excellence in nutritional care, nutritional care in clinical settings, community nutrition and nutrition-related scientific research. Graduates of the Department of Nutrition will have the following skills:

1. Applying the principles of nutritional care in clinical work.
2. Obtaining high skills in controlling chronic diseases.
3. Community nutrition.
4. Communication and communication skills with the medical team.
5. Ability to understand clinical cases.
6. Apply ethical and legal principles in health situations.

The specific objectives of the program :

1. Understand the role of nutrition in disease prevention and control.
2. Evaluating and diagnosing nutritional health problems in patients.
3. Develop and implement customized nutritional plans for healthy and sick people.
4. Using therapeutic nutritional plans to treat nutrition-related diseases.
5. Evaluating nutritional research and its application in clinical work.
6. Understanding the physiological and biological basis of nutrients.
7. Understand the ethical foundations of nutritional care for patients.
8. Cooperating with the medical staff to provide integrated medical service.
9. Communicate with patients and their families to implement nutritional care plans.

In order to complete the Bachelor of Clinical Nutrition all students must meet the following conditions:

1. Obtaining a grade point average of no less than 75% in the scientific stream of high school.
2. Study 133 credit hours distributed in the form of compulsory and elective courses and university requirements.
3. Commitment to the requirements for obtaining a bachelor’s degree according to the regulations of An-Najah National Universiy.

Grading Scale for Science in Clinical Nutrition Courses