Code
NUTR5002
Credits
25
Graduate Attributes
Students will explore the professional requirements required to be a dietitian. This unit will enable students to practice within ethical and legal frameworks and with clients from diverse backgrounds. Students will build upon their person-centred counselling skills and apply the nutrition care process. Students will collaborate in interprofessional practice.
Workshop
3 hrs Weekly
Fieldwork
75 hrs Once Only
Unit Learning Outcomes
- 1 collects, analyses and interprets health, medical, cultural, social, psychological, economic, personal, environmental and dietary intake data when assessing nutritional issues of clients
- 2 integrates person-centred counselling skills to facilitate behaviour change and formulate individualised nutrition care plans
- 3 communicates collaboratively in interprofessional teams
- 4 demonstrates professionalism including cultural safety and ethical behaviours in practice settings
Course Learning Outcomes
- 1 apply knowledge in key areas of nutrition; integrate research principles into practice and extend knowledge of food and nutrition issues
- 2 critically review literature and reflect on issues to generate innovative solutions for issues arising in human nutrition
- 3 appraise a range of data for assessing health status of individuals, groups and populations to inform future outcomes
- 4 collaborate with clients, carers and health care teams; document appropriately to the discipline
- 5 critique and apply appropriate technologies used in food and nutrition programs
- 8 demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in local and international contexts; recognise the importance of communicating in a culturally respectful way
- 9 establish and maintain ethical and professional practices in the workplace; develop collaborative relationships and networks to advocate for individuals, groups and the profession; demonstrate professional leadership and practices to promote nutrition.
Assessment Breakdown