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Professional Services

Dietitians work with other multi-disciplinary professionals to provide patient-centered and evidence-based nutrition care.  

The department offers the following services:

1. In-patient food service

The foodservice for patients in the ward is managed by a private contractor but strictly regulated by the department to meet the food safety, quality and dietary requirements. Dietitians in the department carry out regular audits to ensure the service provided is high quality.

 

  

If you have any issues, comments or questions regarding meals served during your stay in the ward, please call (03) 9769 9108.

The time of meal is served as follows:

      Breakfast: 7.30 - 8.00 am

      Lunch : 12.00 - 12:30 pm

      Evening snacks : 3.00 - 3.30pm

      Dinner: 6.30 - 7.00pm

 

2. Food provision for health care workers

     

The Department of Dietetics also provides meals to qualified health care workers who are involved in “OT” based on the existing circular references (MOH Financial Division Circular No. 1, 2009 and Circular No. 39 MOH-58/054/4). The choice of meal provided for this service is in the category of 'normal diet' only.

 

3. Clinical dietetic services for patients in ward

     

The aspiration of the Dietetic Department is to offer clinical dietetic services to patients in the ward using auto-referral basis through the placement of 1 dietitian per ward once HSAAS has been operating at its maximum capacity. This means that all patients entering the ward will be screened in terms of nutritional needs and malnutrition risk and further evaluation on nutritional status and nutritional intervention will be conducted on patients in need. These steps that include nutrition screening, nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention and nutrition monitoring and evaluation is known as the 'Nutrition Care Process'.

However, as for now, the department is still in the early phase of operation, thus, the clinical dietetics services for patients in the ward can only be provided by referral from a doctor.

  Location                    : As per referral

  Time                         : Monday - Friday | 8.00 am - 5.00 pm

  Dietitian                    : Dietitian on duty

  Contact No                : 03-9769 9108 

Some of the dietary interventions that are commonly provided to patients in the ward include:

  • Prescription of diet based on medical needs and disease
  • Diet consultation based on medical diagnosis
  • Prescription of food supplements / enteral products either orally or through tubes for patients who cannot meet the nutritional requirements.
  • Preparation and delivery of therapeutic diet are based on patient needs. Some examples of therapeutic diets are as follow:
    • Diet with modified macronutrient composition - such as high protein diet, low carb diet (diabetic diet), low fat diet, high calorie diet etc.
    • Diet with controled micronutrient- such as low sodium diet, low potassium diet etc.
    • Diet with modified food texture - such as soft diet, blenderized diet, etc.

 

The following is an example of a diet provided by the Department of Dietetics;

  

 

4Dietary consultation for outpatient

       

The department offers dietary counseling to patients who required medical nutrition therapy, which is conducted individually or in groups. Patients with chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney failure require medical nutrition therapy to optimize the control of the disease along with medical treatment and medication provided.

In addition, diet counseling is also offered to individuals in need of weight control, pregnant women and children with failure to thrive.

We receive internal referrals from Family Medicine Clinic and other specialist clinics at HSAAS. We also accept patients on a 'walk-in' basis, however, patients are advised to make an appointment in advance to make sure for available slot. 

The following are the operating hours of clinics under the supervision of the Dietetic Department:

DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Family Medicine Clinic (FMC), Level 1, HSAAS

Time

:

 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
 8.00 am – 1.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Following dietitian on duty

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

PUTRA WEFIT CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Family Medicine Clinic (FMC), Level 1, HSAAS

Time

:

 Thursday
 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulfitri ‘Azuan Mat Daud
 Ms. A’ishah Zafirah Abdul ‘Azim
 En. Nazrin Ashman Mohd Izhan

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

METABOLIC DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Surgery Clinic, Level 2, HSAAS

Time

:

 Tuesday
 10.00 am – 5.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Prof. Madya Dr. Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof
 Ms. Nur Adilah Muhammadun Basar

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

PAEDIATRIC T1DM DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Paediatric Specialist Clinic, Level 3, HSAAS

Time

:

 Thursday (one a week)
 8.00 am – 1.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Pn. Nurliyana Naharuddin

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

PAEDIATRIC T2DM DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Paediatric Specialist Clinic, Level 3, HSAAS

Time

:

 Thursday (once a week)
 8.00 am – 1.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Dr. Nor Baizura Md Yusop

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

PAEDIATRIC ALLERGY DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

Paediatric Specialist Clinic, Level 3, HSAAS

Time

:

 Tuesday (once a week)
 8.00 am – 1.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Pn. Nurliyana Naharuddin

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

GERIATRIC DIET CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Medical Specialist Clinic, Level 3, HSAAS

Time

:

 Thursday (once a week)
 8.00 am – 1.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Dr. Noraida Omar

Contact number for appointment booking 

:

 03-9769 9108 (Call/WhatsApp)

 

FEES CLINIC
 

Location

:

 Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, Level 1, HSAAS

Time

:

 Monday (twice a month)
 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Lecturer/Dietitian

:

 Mr. Muhamad Ariff Abd Rahman

Contact number for appointment booking

:

 Patient referred by Speech Language Therapist only

COMBINED ENDOCRINE CLINIC

 
Location : Obstetric and Gynaecology Clinic, Level 1, HSAAS
Time : Thursday (once a month)
 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Lecturer/Dietitian :

Prof. Dr. Barakatun Nisak binti Mohd Yusof

Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Nur’Asyura binti Adznam

Pn. Azila Shafiqa binti Abdullah Sedek
Contact number for appointment booking  : Patient referred by Endocrine Specialist only
 

5. Education and Research 

The Department of Dietetics at HSAAS is the main clinical teaching center for students in the Dietetics programme UPM. This clinical teaching process include bedside teaching session, simulation-based teaching, tutorial, case presentation and bedside examination. Apart from HSAAS, Hospital Serdang and hospitals around UPM are also being used as clinical teaching centers for this programme. Thus, dietitians / clinical instructors from HSAAS and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UPM, are involved in planning and offering supervise practice to the final year students of dietetic programme.

The Department of Dietetics has taken proactive steps to support UPM as a leading of research university in Malaysia. Thus, dietitian at HSAAS are encouraged to participate in the research especially in collaboration with the lecturers from FPSK.

In fact, the UPM Dietitians has been actively involved in scientific conferences and has won numerous awards 

 

6. Dietetics in the Community 

Staff from the Dietetic Department are actively involved in various community activities such as giving lectures and nutrition education in specific communities or sharing with the public on various nutrition issues in mass media such as television, radio, magazines and newspapers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated:: 11/09/2023 [khairun]

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