Food as Medicine - Fertility and Pregnancy FutureLearn

Overview

Key facts

On this Food as Medicine - Fertility and Pregnancy course from Monash University by FutureLearn for healthcare professionals, you will explore the latest evidence surrounding the role of nutrition on fertility and pregnancy outcomes. You will focus on two main topics: foods and fertility, and foods and pregnancy.

Foods and fertility will focus on optimising nutrition for fertility and pre-conception, including topics like the effect of food on reproductive health and dietary recommendations to improve fertility. Foods and Pregnancy will explore topics including requirements during pregnancy, and optimising gestational weight gain.

Education

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Generate a holistic multi-disciplinary approach to managing women peri-conception and during pregnancy

• Describe the role of pre-conception nutrition in terms of fertility, foetal development and adult health

• Provide evidence based food recommendations to improve ovulation and fertility

• Define dietary recommendations for pregnancy and define strategies for achieving

• Promote optimal nutrition pre-conception and during pregnancy by developing/providing handouts to women interested in having a family/considering conception. (Systems based patient safety learning outcome)

Accreditation

• Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation: Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation