The ESPEN Life Long Learning (LLL) Program in Clinical Nutrition ‎and Metabolism is an innovative and effective educational program ‎for medical doctors and healthcare specialists offering training ‎courses, by a variety of modern training methodologies and resources.‎

Moreover, it is a global effort of the European Society for Clinical ‎Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) to provide post-graduate ‎qualification in Clinical Nutrition and to improve daily practice.‎

The aim of these training courses is to improve knowledge, ‎competence and skills of health professionals in Clinical Nutrition and ‎Metabolism while providing CME credits and European certification ‎for medical doctors. ‎

The Live Long Learning (LLL) courses provide an opportunity for ‎participants and lecturers to share expertise and cross-fertilize ideas. ‎

Topics of the LLL courses for this year included nutritional support in ‎the perioperative period, nutritional support in intensive care ‎patients, nutrition in pediatric patients II and nutrition support in ‎obesity.‎

ESPEN is committed to disseminate good clinical practice in the field ‎of clinical nutrition and metabolism. To this end and among other ‎activities, the ESPEN Course in Clinical Nutrition Course is organized ‎every year.‎