08:00 –

08:30

Registration of participants

08:30 – 09:00

Introduction and overview of program

Dr Robin Dolman

Introduction of the CEN team and CEN Director

Including what ABCD means

Facilitators to be present please

09:00 – 10:00

Introduction of participants

Dr Laura Weiss

Facilitators to be present please

10:00 – 10:30

Contracting with each other

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

General agreements during the 3-weeks

Facilitators to be present please

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 11:30

Expectations of participants

Optentia

11:30 – 12:00

You and your supervisor

Optentia

What can you expect and not expect from your supervisor?

What will your supervisor expect from you?

12:00 – 12:30

Team members of my PhD

Optentia

Who is my team members to complete the PhD

How is my support team?

How do I maintain my teams?

Distinguish between academic and non-academic kinds of support teams as both are very important

12:30 – 13:00

Theory of coping skills

Optentia

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Team building

Ms Cornelia Conradie

15:00 – 15:30

How to cope with the ABCD of a PhD

Optentia

Sharing of experiences research process and supervisors

Current M and PhD students/ Post-docs and staff members to reflect on their experiences

Request students/post-docs to make a clip of 15 minutes

15:30 – with tea break

Reflection journal as a tool for development

Theory and practical

Optentia

It is expected of participants to keep a reflection journal for the 3 weeks to assist them with their growth and development

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

The research process

Prof Marius Smuts

What is a doctorate? Why research? Time lines; The PhD steps (identification of institution, application …)

09:00 – 10:30

The protocol writing process

Prof Marlien Pieters

How to find a good research idea?

How to write a review of the literature, Research question development, etc.

Setting of objectives (SMART)

How to develop a map mind for your research

How long does it take to write a protocol?

When do I begin with the protocol?

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Basic principles and study design methodologies in nutrition research

Prof Salome Kruger

General guidelines

Mixed methods research/ triangulation is the act of combining several research methods to study one thing

12:00 – 13:00

Getting the necessary approval(s) for the research

Dr Linda Malan

More than ethics and consent …

What types of approval do you need

Where do you get these approvals

In what format should it be

What procedure must be used?

Use examples of different studies and show all the types of approval

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Connecting research objectives to the study design using a tool….

Mind map

Prof Marlien Pieters

15:00 – 15:15

Introduction of group facilitators

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

Facilitators

Each participant is assigned to a group with a senior researcher of CEN for the rest of the program

15:15 – …..

Tea break in-between

Facilitators and participants

Facilitators

Small group work with Facilitators.

Participants work on own research project and prepare 10 minute presentation for Thursday afternoon. Include in presentation:

Title; research question; objectives; methodology; mind map

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:30 – 16:00

Full day with tea breaks and lunch

Basic GCP course

Wilma Pelser

Wits Health Consortium

The GCP Basic course is an introductory 1.5 day course that will give a detailed overview of clinical research, the current ICH and SAGCP guidelines and the process of conducting successful clinical trials from start to finish. Certificates are issued on successful completion of an open book post-course assessment.

After 16:00

Work on presentations for Thursday afternoon

Participants

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:30 – 13:00 with tea time

Basic Good Clinical Practice Course continues

Wilma Pelser

Wits Health Consortium

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – ….

Tea break in-between

Individual presentation by each presentation – only 10 minutes (10 min presentation and 5 min comments and questions)

TWO groups of 10 each for the presentations

Facilitators

Venue 1 – Facilitator: Dr Robin Dolman

Facilitators

Venue 1 – Facilitator: Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 10:15

Ethics and etiquette in research (an overview including history and development of standards focusing on research subjects’ protection)

Prof Amos Laar

Senior Lecturer, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra

10:15 – 10:45

TEA

10:45 – 13:00

Ethics challenges in implementing a doctoral research (including misunderstandings/misconceptions in research, vulnerability and COI in research etc......)

Prof Amos Laar

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 –

Responsible conduct in research (including publication ethics, research integrity, research misconduct, etc.).

Prof Amos Laar

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 10:30

Dietary methodology

Prof Mieke Faber

Dr Tertia van Zyl

Dr Robin Dolman

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

Types of dietary assessment

Basic principles of dietary methodology, limitations, advantages, etc. of

• 24-hour recall
• QFFQ
• Food records
• Dietary quality
• Nutrient/Dietary patterns

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 13:00

Dietary methodology continue

Prof Mieke Faber

Dr Tertia van Zyl

Dr Robin Dolman

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

How to develop your own QFFQ

Validity and reliability

Coding, food composition data, quantifying

13:00 - ….

Team building (Cornelia Conradie) as part of Social activity

Game drive and braai at Lekwena Lodge

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of Saturday

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 08:45

Nutrition at Wageningen University and Research

Dr Fré Pepping

08:45 – 10:30

Nutritional epidemiology

Prof Edith Feskens

• Classification of epidemiology studies
• Definition
• Measures of health and disease
• Measures of risk
• Measures of risk reduction due to a cause
• Population attributable risk
• Biases in epidemiology
• Causation, confounding, effect modification

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Study design in interventional nutritional epidemiology

Prof Edith Feskens

• Randomization and bias control nutritional experimental studies
• Superiority and non-inferiority trails
• Single and multiple arm studies
• Cross over studies in nutritional epidemiology studies
• Multi-centre studies

12:00 – 13:00

Nutritional epidemiology continuing

Prof Edith Feskens

• Selection of outcome and exposure variables
• Formulation of a nutritional epidemiological research question
• Hypothesis setting and testing

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Nutritional epidemiology – practical examples

Prof Edith Feskens

• Sharing of own experiences

15:00 - ….

Tea break in-between

Nutritional epidemiology activities

Prof Edith Feskens

Would be good if the Facilitators would be good to be there

• Discussions of questions
• Discussion of research papers
• Debate: Should a hypothesis be included or not / Research papers

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:30

Population and sampling

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Defining study population
• Sampling frame
• Simple random sampling
• Stratified random sampling
• Cluster random sampling
• Non-random sampling
• Sampling bias
• Sample size

09:30 – 10:30

From molecular nutrition to public health nutrition

Prof Marlien Pieters

PURE study

Prof Alta Schutte

PREDICT study

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Evaluation of intervention studies - theory

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

Development of an evaluation plan from input to long-term

12:00 – 13:00

Data analysis plan – linking research question to data analysis

Prof Edith Feskens

How to develop the data analysis plan

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

From theory to practice: CEN intervention studies

Prof Marius Smuts

Others

• Tswaka
• FeFa
• African leafy veg
• Sprinkles

• Planning vs reality
• Pitfalls
• External independent monitoring
• Discussion of journal articles

15:00 - ….

Tea break in-between

Develop data analysis plan for own research

Prof Edith Feskens

Facilitators

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

Finding the right tool for your research question – Quantitative

Prof Edith Feskens

Use of existing tools/instruments

Development/adapting of new tools/ instruments

•           Design

•           Construction

•           Piloting

Using examples from own work

09:00 – 09:30

Finding the right tool for your research question – Qualitative

Dr Nicole Claasen

Use of existing tools/instruments

Development/adapting of new tools/ instruments

• Design
• Construction
• Piloting

09:30 – 10:30

Biomarkers

Dr Lizelle Zandberg

Prof Edith Feskens

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:30

Dietary data analysis and interpretation

Discussion

Prof Edith Feskens

Analysis and interpretation of dietary data

12:30 – 13:00

Animal intervention study

Ms Arista Nienaber

Sharing of experience using intervention study methodologies in animal nutrition research

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Discussion and feedback by participants

Optentia

15:00 –

….

Tea break in-between

Continue with research tools/dietary methodology

Own research

Prof Edith Feskens

Facilitators

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 10:00

Data management and quality control

• Quantitative

Dr Cristian Ricci

Examples

Participants - Own research: identify and write up management of data

Data management and quality control

• Qualitative

Dr Nicole Claasen

Examples

Participants - Own research: identify and write up quality control of data

10:00 – 10:30

TEA

10:30 – 11:30

Coding of data

• Quantitative

Dr Cristian Ricci

Guidelines

Practical tips

Pitfalls to look out for

Which statistical programme to use

11:30 – 12:30

Coding of data

• Qualitative

Dr Nicole Claasen

Ms Chantell Witten

Guidelines

Practical tips

Pitfalls to look out for

Looking out for themes

Which programme to use

12:30 – 13:00

Qualitative data in practice

Ms Chantell Witten

Sharing of experience using qualitative methodologies in nutrition research

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Data capturing / data management in SPSS

Dr Cristian Ricci

15:00 - ….

Tea break in-between

Developing dummy for data capturing according to own data analysis plan

Dr Cristian Ricci

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

Basics of modelling in nutritional epidemiology

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Causation and association
• Simple regression and multivariate modelling
• Confounders, modulators and mediators
• Interaction between predictors

09:00 – 10:30

Association between continuous/dichotomous outcomes and predictors in observational epidemiology

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Association in case control studies and cross sectional studies (Generalized linear models)

(Logistic model for dichotomous outcomes)

• Associations in prospective studies (Mixed model for continuous and count variables)

(Cox-regression for dichotomous variables)

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Exercise using SPSS

Dr Cristian Ricci

Observational studies

• Multivariate logistic model
• Multivariate Cox-regression

12:00 – 13:00

Statistical approaches in intervention studies

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Randomization and control of confounders
• Group comparison for normally distributed variables (t-test and ANOVA)
• Non-parametric comparisons for skewed outcomes

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - ….

Tea break in-between

Exercises using SPSS – Interventional studies

Identify analysis for own study based on analysis plan

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Two group comparisons (t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test)
• Graphical representation
• More than two group comparisons (ANOVA, Wilcoxon test)
• Graphical representation)

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

Space reduction techniques

Dr Cristian Ricci

• Cartesian coordinate system in 2D and 3D
• Multidimensional spaces, linear combination and latent factors
• Examples in applied nutritional epidemiology and biometry

09:00 – 10:30

Space reduction techniques

Dr Cristian Ricci

Principle component analysis

• Eigen values and eigen vectors of correlation and covariance matrices

Factor analysis

• Axis rotation, its use and interpretation in nutritional epidemiology

Basic introduction to multivariate clustering

Dietary patterns

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

How to read and interpret a nutrient / dietary / biomarker pattern article

Dr Tertia van Zyl

12:00 – 13:00

Practical on how to read and interpret a pattern article

Dr Tertia van Zyl

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - onwards

Own time

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

How to budget and keep track of your finances

Prof Johann Jerling

09:00 – 09:30

How do you communicate your research

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

• Identification of reader audience
• Type of communications

09:30 – 10:30

How to prepare an abstract for presentation (oral or poster)

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Interactive session

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 13:00

Presentation skills

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

Communication studies

NWU

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Presentation skills in practice

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

Participants practice presentation skills

15:00 - ….

Tea break in-between

Work on own presentation

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Group facilitators

Participants to bring a presentation that they can update based on the information

Homework: prepare a 15 min (10 min presentation + 5 min questions) presentation based on own research for presentation on Thursday

08:00 – 08:15

Feedback and discussion of topics of previous day

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

08:15 – 09:00

Scientific writing

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Prof Marius Smuts

Including

• Plagiarism
• Finding/writing of references for example Endnote
• Testing using Turnitin

09:00 – 10:30

Scientific writing

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Prof Marius Smuts

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Scientific writing

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Prof Marius Smuts

12:00 – 13:00

How to deal with feedback and criticism of study leaders / reviewers 

Optentia

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 15:30

Leadership in nutrition

Prof Johann Jerling

15:30 - ….

Tea break in-between

Writing own article – outline with tables and figures that will be used

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Prof Marius Smuts

09:00 – 10:30

Oral presentation by participants

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

CEN and School staff members

Facilitators

6 x 15 minutes

Total number of participants: 21

(10min presentation + 5 min questions/feedback)

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Oral presentation by participants

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

CEN and School staff members

Facilitators

4 x 15 minutes

12:00 – 13:00

Oral presentation by participants

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

CEN and School staff members

Facilitators

4 x 15 minutes

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

13:45 –

15:30

Oral presentation by participants

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

CEN and School staff members

Facilitators

7 x 15 minutes

15:30 – 16:00

TEA

16:00 – 16:30

General discussion of oral presentations

Prof Lida Holtzhausen

CEN and School staff members

Facilitators

08:30 – 09:00

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE/TEA

09:00 – 09:05

Opening

Dr Robin Dolman

Program Leader: Dietetics

CEN, North-West University

09:05 –

09:45

Micronutrients during the first 1000 days of life: An update

Prof Jeannine Baumgartner

Senior Scientist; ETH Zurich

Extraordinary associate professor of nutrition, CEN, North-West University

09:45 - 10:30

Micronutrients and severe acute malnutrition

Prof Etienne Nel

Paediatric gastroenterologist, Stellenbosch University

10h30 – 11h00

TEA TIME

11:00 – 11:45

Hospital malnutrition in children: What are the challenges?

Prof Renee Blaauw

Professor in Nutrition

Division of Human Nutrition

Stellenbosch University

11:45 – 12:30

Breastfeeding in the premature infant - a natural event?

Prof Welma Lubbe

School of Nursing Science

North-West University

12:30 – 12:45

Questions and discussions

Dr Robin Dolman

12:45 – 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 – 14:15

Translation of micronutrients recommendations to foods to eat

Dr Mariaan Wicks

Senior Lecturer

CEN, North-West University

14:15 – 15:00

Picky eaters with texture sensitivity

Mrs Hanlie Degenaar

Senior Speech-Language Therapist

Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing; North-West University

15:00 – 15:45

Nutrition education and ethical implications

Prof Lize Haveman-Nel

Associate Professor

CEN; North-West University

15:45 – 16:00

Discussion and closing

Dr Robin Dolman

08:30 – 09:00

Recap of 3-week course

Put it all together

Dr Robin Dolman

09:00 – 09:30

Way forward and keeping in touch

Dr Robin Dolman

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

09:30 – 10:30

Completion of assessment tool

Optentia

10:30 – 11:00

TEA

11:00 – 12:00

Evaluation of the programme

Prof Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen

12:00 – 13:00

Closing of 3-week course

Presentation of

attendance certificates

Dr Robin Dolman

Prof Marius Smuts

NRF Board member to hand out the certificates

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 - ….

No activity