Describe the nutritional issues that arise for children in challenging nutritional situations including: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), critical illness and obesity, and hypocaloric feeds
Describe possible interventions for children on ECMO, children who are critically ill and also have obesity, and for children who require hypocaloric feeds
Compare different methods for optimizing nutrition for children in difficult nutrition situations
Describe the challenges in providing nutrition therapy for a critically ill patient and discuss strategies to diagnose, prescribe, and monitor nutritional interventions
Describe the challenges in providing nutrition therapy for a hospitalized intestinal failure patient with complex psychosocial issues and discuss strategies to diagnose, prescribe, and monitor nutritional interventions
Describe the challenges in providing nutrition therapy for an outpatient short bowel syndrome patient and discuss strategies to diagnose, prescribe, and monitor nutritional interventions
Describe the research proposal evaluation process used by study sections at the NIH Center for Scientific Review
Identify the major pitfalls and challenges faced by early career investigators when writing grant applications
Explain the difference between research hypotheses and specific aims
Develop independent, yet related, specific aims for a grant application
Describe the most common mistakes that junior investigators make when writing specific aims and review examples of grants that have successfully overcome these issues