4.3 Assistant Professor (Sep 2012- to present)
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences College, King Abdul-Aziz University
Teaching in the Clinical Nutrition and related subject areas, Personal Development Portfolio Coordinator and Instructor for different Courses, particularly those related to theory, practice and professionalism in clinical nutrition. Supervising Graduate Research Projects for groups of students and conduct the clinical training (fieldwork) for senior students in the university hospital. A member in Departmental-related Teaching and Learning Committees. Conduct community work with other colleagues and students.
4.4 Lecturer in ‘Clinical Nutrition Programme, Medical Applied College, King Abdulaziz University’ (2005-2006)
Participated in establishing the Clinical Nutrition Programme, in teaching courses including Principles of Food Science & Nutrition, Nutrition during Life Cycle, Nutritional Status Assessment, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Nutritional Status Assessment and Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Teaching
Modules covered and taught
- Principles of Food Science & Nutrition (CLN 210)
- Nutrition during Life Cycle (CLN 210)
- Nutritional Status Assessment (CLN 240)
- Medical Nutrition Therapy (2 levels) (CLN 341 & 342)
- Nutrient Estimation (CLN 315)
- Nutrition & Economy (CLN 331)
- Professional Skills in Dietetics (CLN 421)
- Advanced Topics in Food Science & Nutrition (CLN 424)
- Clinical Rotation in Medical Nutrition Therapy (2 levels) (CLN 445 & 447)
- Student Research Projects (CLN 499)
- Nutritional Epidemiology(CLN 434)
- Metabolic & Genetic Nutritional Disorders(CLN 446)
- Research Methods for Health Sciences (CLN 422)
- Nutrition & Economy (CLN 332)
Uses some teaching methods such as blended learning systems, using videos and audio lecture and other support for all taught modules. A client-based learning method. Teaches students to use electronic search including searching electronic databases and the use of evidenced-based information in the whole teaching-learning process. Also teaches and supports students in conducting actual surveys and actual research such as assessing nutrition status for children and adolescent in schools and conduct analyses for TV channels to evaluate and analyse the content of food advertising broadcasted in TV channels and organise innovative study groups to improve student achievement.
In her teaching, some activities were conducted using different approaches. This include the following:
- Research-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training senior students (students’ research project) in evaluating the nutritional status of adolescents and do a school-based prevention-intervention programs to tackle the problem of overweight status.
- Practice-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training senior students in evaluating the nutrition information of the served food at university using an international nutrient profiling system to differentiate between healthy & unhealthy served food/drink items.
- Research-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training senior students) students’ research project) in evaluating the “Healthiness of food premises and food/drink options served by food premises at the KAU’ Female Section using an international nutrient profiling system. The work was accepted & presented in the scientific annual meeting for KAU students.
- The profession practice-related activity: Training senior students in practicing the profession in a consultancy work (academic year 2016-17): Under the supervision of the course instructor Dr. Elham Aljaaly. The aim of the assignment is to train students about planning and implementing a consultant work, which prepare them to practice consultancy job in their professions. Below are some examples by students after delivering the teaching and training part of “ a dietitians practice as a consultant”
- Searching Evidenced-based Information -Related Activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme’s. Teaching and training students about the use of evidence-based information with collaboration with the female KAU’s medical library in the academic year 2015-2016 & 2016-2017. This experience of teaching was presented and shared with other academics at the international conference (CNW in Orlando, USA in 2016-2017). The paper was appreciated by most of the professions in the clinical nutrition week and the abstract was published in a peer reviewed high scored Journal.
Other work related to teaching includes:
- Creative activity: Innovation:
Supervising a group of senior students in their Innovation “Juice Fortified with Gum Arabic and Vitamin D for Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) (Acacia)”.
The project is aiming to provide an alternative new model for management of chronic renal failure patients by using gum Arabic, and increase functional food manufacturing in Saudi Arabia. Phases for presenting the innovation included”
Phase.1: Registration in the Eighth Scientific Forum for King Abdulaziz University Students (in the academic year 2016-2017) within the track for innovations and they won and saved the first place among 18 innovations.
Phase.2: The innovation was nominated to be presented in the International Exhibition & Conference for Higher Education that held in Riyadh in the academic year 2015-2016. The participation was very strong and people were convinced with it.
Phase 3: The innovation will presented to Ministry of Health for trials and then to registered if positive results will be shown.
Other Teaching Experience/ Non- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences (FAMS), KAU
Periodically, deliver courses and workshops related to the clinical practice in nutrition and dietetics for health professionals working at the Saudi Ministry of Health in different areas in Saudi Arabia. (E.g. courses in nutrition assessment and nutrition & dietetic services and practice for different diseases). Courses were conducted in different cities in the country of Saudi Arabia. Main Teaching Topics of Interest are: Clinical Nutrition, Public Health, Community Nutrition, Media & advertising, and International Environmental Health and Related Polices for Higher Education.
Community Services
Personally, different community service programs was performed based on assessment programs for nutritional status of different age groups. E.g. assessing the nutrition status of school children and adolescents in Jeddah City in collaborative with other faculty and students of the clinical nutrition programme, which resulted in a range of children, youth and family services in addition to advices to principal teachers and decision makers. Guided students in activities and visits to orphan houses for girls in Jeddah city and a full nutrition assessment was conducted at individuals and environment levels and consultations were provided per need. Additionally, arranged, enhanced and encouraged other educational and interventional programs and campaigns conducted by faculty members and students such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, renal, asthma, food allergies and …etc.
Some conducted community activities:
- Community-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme’s including training senior students in evaluating the nutrition & dietetics services in the primary health care centres and the report was submitted to the Ministry of Health to include/improve nutrition & dietetic services and provide employment opportunities for the CLN programme graduates in these centres. The programme was conducted in the academic year 2016-2017.
- Community-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training junior students in evaluating the nutrition status of preschool children & Asthma status and personal & environmental factors affecting asthma status (in the academic year 2015-2016).
- Community-Related activities was in conducting a prevention-intervention programme to tackle the problem of obesity in schools for girls. Uniting a personal & environmental approaches such as changing the food patterns of students, modify unhealthy snack and food/beverages options in school canteens and promote physical activities & exercises. The programme was developed by Dr. Elham Aljaaly in collaboration with Dr. Ihab Tawifk from University of Westminster, in the 2013 summer programme for collaboration between the UK & Saudi universities by PDSR & British council. The programme was applied in 2 intermediate schools for girls as a pilot application to be developed as a national programme Community-Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training junior students in evaluating the nutrition status of preschool children & Asthma status and personal & environmental factors affecting asthma status (in the academic year 2015-2016).
- Healthy Canteen Campaign: A Sample School Canteen was created include samples of food that is low in HFSS (Food high in saturated fats, sugar & salt) and displayed healthy meals & snacks with printed recipes. This was presented in different intermediate schools in Jeddah city and in the 10th KAU FAMS’s students’ annual meeting in the academic year 2014-2015.
- A community work was conducted to assess the healthiness of the physical environment andCommunity & practice-related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN Programme including training junior students in evaluating the nutritional status of adolescent girls in a community-based settings “at intermediate schools for girls” in the academic year 2014-2015.
- Research & practice--Related activities incorporated in teaching courses related to the CLN programme’ including training senior students in evaluating the nutrition status of Orphans, the physical environment where they can access food and physical activities. In addition, the food services provided for Orphans (in the academic year 2014-2015).
Research &Reviews
Supervising research projects for students at undergraduate & postgraduate levels
Have supervised some undergraduate (BSc) students in completing research projects mainly were fieldwork-based, such as analysing individual, social physical environments (e.g. school & university students’ meals and physical activities) and Macro-systems (School polices for meals and physical activities) and Polices for higher education . Other research included assessment of food habits and meal patterns. Moreover, some intervention research for overweight and obese children was supervised. Other research projects in assessing nutrition & dietetics practice and services was also supervised. Moreover, research included reviews for Health & Higher Education & Polices was conducted and supervised. Current research projects are about the prevalence of asthma among children and related risk factors and intervention programs for patients with end stage renal disease by Guar Gum.
Supervised Research Projects for senior students in the Clinical Nutrition Departments
1.Studying the Differences in Food Patterns and Lifestyle among Health College Students and their Mothers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (in the academic year 2013-2014).
2.Assessing of KAU female section‘s physical environment, food and beverages options served by different caterers ((in the academic year 2014-2015).
3-Nutritional Status among Patients with Cardiovascular Disease(in the academic year 2014-2015).
4-Assessment of dietetic practice, nutritional services and patient satisfaction with the scope of chronic kidney disease in Jeddah city (in the academic year 2014-2015).
5- Jeddah Adolescent Prevention - Intervention (JAPI) for nutrition-related diseases (in the academic year 2015-2016).
6- Effect of “Talbinah” food consumption on depressive symptoms among medical student females at KAU (in the academic year 2015-2016).
7- The effect of Arabic gum in chronic renal failure patient (in the academic year 2016-2017).
Conduct research & reviews related to the following areas:
Clinical Nutrition, Public Health, school health, children and adolescents’ health, Community Nutrition, Media and advertising, Medical Health & General Administration and polices, and International Environmental Health
- Research on Nutrition-Related diseases.
- Research on public policy and higher education.
- Research on Nutrition during Life Cycle.
- Research on Nutrition & Growth.
- Research on media and advertising.
- Research that is community-based and different settings.
- Research on school health and school environment.
- Research on own systems and laws, policies & decisions making and economies that belong to health research.
- Research relevant to the practice of medical and administrative occupation research.
- Research related to education with regards to curriculums for all stages (Schools and University-based).
- Research related to sustainable health and sustainability for development.
- Research relevant to the Nutrition & Dietetics Professionalism and Practice.
- Research related to health and economics.
- Had awarded two grants for proposals submitted to the King Abdulaziz University (KAU) Deanship of Scientific Research
- Have been selected as a wining researcher of the BAE post-doctoral summer research in 2013 & 2016 grants. The programme is managed by the British Council, sponsored by BAE systems and approved by the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education.
- Her published papers have been cited by different national & international authors.e.g. of selected citing papers of others:
- Her used materials and methods in her research had been requested for reprint, adaptations by national & international authors and students e.g. the interview questionnaire for food patterns of adolescents was used by CLN students in King Abdulaziz University and by medical students Qassim University. Community
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