Welcome to the Dietitians Group webpages
The SSIEM-Dietitians Group (SSIEM-DG) is a subgroup of dietitians within the SSIEM. Members are involved in the dietary treatment of patients with inherited metabolic disorders. Meetings of the group are held during the annual SSIEM symposium.
Communication is through meetings, corresponding members, SSIEM-DG website and e-mail.
Our main aims are:
1. to provide a network to facilitate communication amongst dietitians working with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD)
2. to provide education and training for people looking after IMD patients
3. to promote research in dietetic treatment of IMD
Membership: dietitian members of SSIEM, can automatically become an SSIEM-DG member. Please choose your interest in the DG group on the website when becoming a SSIEM member or when membership renewal.
Publications:
SSIEM –DG have been involved in co-ordinating a number of research projects about dietetic practice with different patient groups (PKU education, UCD, Homocystinuria, Galactosaemia and L-amino acids in PKU).
We are a corresponding partner of the European project "E-IMD":