First-cycle Studies

Nutritional support in oncological diseases

  • Type of studies First-cycle Studies
  • Major Dietetics
  • Path of development Nutritional support in oncological diseases
  • Teaching mode Full-time, part-time
  • Program delivery Hybrid learning
  • Teaching period 3 years (6 semesters)

The aim of the program:

The aim of this specialty is to introduce to the rules of therapy with diet in case of oncological diseases and to the rules of assessment of diet and nutritional status of the patients with cancer.

Nowadays many people are diagnosed with cancer, that is why it is important to open specialties in Dietetics which educate people who can support patients with oncological diseases during their process of treatment. It needs to be remembered that during the oncological treatment many problems may occur, e.g. weakening, nausea, changes in taste and smell which makes food ingestion difficult. Which is why it is crucial to adjust the diet to the individual needs of each patient. Cooperation of doctors and oncological dietitian may facilitate the design of a meal plan which will support the fight against the disease and which will help to preserve strength for further stages of treatment.

Main subjects covered during the program

  • Assessment of diet and nutritional status of the patients with cancer
  • Psycho-dietetical support of the oncological patient
  • Nutrition in cancer
  • Malnutrition in cancer
  • Nutritional support in the anticancer therapy
  • Nutritional support in secondary prevention diet in cancer
  • Nutritional education of a patient with cancer
  • Meal plans in case of cancer – practical classes

Job perspectives

Hospitals

Clinics

Nursing homes

Residential medical care facilities

Sanatoria

Dietician practice

Provincial and District Sanitary Epidemiological Stations

National Institute of Public Health

Teaching mode

Teaching modes: full-time and part-time mode

Part-time mode

You meet the lecturer and the group both, online and at the premises of the University. Meetings take place on weekends and selected Friday afternoons.

Full-time mode

Classes are mostly of in-person nature organized on weekdays. Typically they take place 3-4 days a week at the premises of the University and some part of the lectures is delivered on-line.

How can you study this major?

Hybrid learning

Part of the classes (mainly lectures) are delivered on the MS Teams platform, and majority of labs are based on-site in the lecture rooms.


The schedule includes days that are fully remote, but also days that all classes are held on-site.

Profile of the graduate

  • Have excessive specialist knowledge on nutrition in cancer,
  • Be able to adjust the meal plan to the patient’s needs paying attention to the type of cancer, the stage of treatment and patient’s condition,
  • Be able to talk with their patients and give them motivation to develop healthy eating habits,

What can our graduate do?

  • Promote healthy lifestyle and proper eating habits as an element of cancer prevention,
  • Cooperate with oncologists, psychologists, physiotherapists to provide their patients with holistic care.

Our teaching staff:

Admission procedure

Step 1

Fill in the recruitment form (online recruitment)

Step 2

After online registration you will receive email message to your email address with the recruitment forms and payment instructions.

Step 3

Deliver all the necessary documents to the Recruitment Office.

Scans of signed documents need to be sent to the following email address: rekrutacja@amh.edu.pl
There is also possibility to deliver your documents via post, courier or in person to the Recruitment Office.

Al. Jerozolimskie 133A
02-304 Warszawa
tel. 22 535 01 49

STEP 4

Administration Fee

  • Recruitment fee – 85 PLN
  • Student identity card fee –  – 22 PLN
  • Registration fee – 500 PLN

Payment need to be main to the general bank account number.

Recruitment fee and registration fee need to be paid into the following account number: PKO BP I O/Warszawa
Name of the recipient: Akademia Medyczna Nauk Stosowanych i Holistycznych 73 1020 1013 0000 0902 0157 01260902 0157 0126
transfer title: name and family name, ID number, item “opłaty administracyjne”.

Start of the specialty depends on the number of submissions, at least 25 people for each specialty. Chosen selection at the registration does not guarantee opening of the specialty.

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