Planning for The Supply of Nutrition Manpower Needed in Hospitals in The Country

Introduction: Today, with advance of clinical nutrition, there is a significant need for human resource in this field in the hospitals. On the other hand, in recent years, the provision of specialized human resources in clinical nutrition and nutritional therapy has received less attention than other areas of nutrition. This has resulted in a significant gap between the manpower required and the manpower trained in these two areas in Iran, although about 50-60 percentages of nutrition human resources is occupied in these two field in some of countries. The purpose of this report is to estimate the manpower required by hospitals in 1404 to meet the needs of the community.Method: In order to estimate the clinical nutrition human resources, need in the hospitals in Iran in 1404, the Iranian human resources indices were compared with the proposed global indices and after obtaining the selected ones, the required human resources were estimated.Results: In 1404, we will need to 1767 dietitians with a bachelor s degree in Nutrition, 196 dietitians with a master s degree in Nutrition and 981 dietitians with a master’s degree in clinical Nutrition.Conclusion: In order to provide the required human resources, it is necessary to adapt the admission process over time and to a specific policy in such a way that the admission capacity of some postgraduate disciplines with a general orientation is reduced and new capacities are developed in order to train human resources with specialized knowledge and skills in clinical nutrition fields.