HSN741 - Postgraduate Nutrition Practicum

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Online^

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Jennifer McCann
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in H616, H714
Prerequisite:

Minimum of 6 credit points including HSN701 and HSN702

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

A minimum of 100 hours of professional experience (placement). There may be flexibility in the timing of undertaking professional experiences (placements). If you are interested in undertaking your professional experience (placement) outside of Trimester 2, please contact the unit chair. In addition, 8 x 1 hour online modules will need to be completed by the end of week 1 of trimester.

Note:

Students wishing to enrol in this unit need to contact the unit chair on email hsn741@deakin.edu.au for approval of their proposed practicum, ideally by the end of the teaching period in Trimester 1  or earlier.

^ Students enrol as online students; however, students are required to attend practicum placement locations.

Note for All Students enrolling into this unit:

You must complete your placement hours within your trimester of enrolment of the placement unit, unless otherwise stated directly by the Unit Chair. If you are not able to complete the placement by the end your trimester of enrolment in the placement unit, please email the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Professional Placement Office at ens-placements@deakin.edu.au as soon as possible.

Note for International Students Only:

If you are not able to complete your placement by your visa expiry date, please note that you will be liable for any costs involved with extending your stay in Australia, for example: visa extension application cost and extra living expenses.

This unit has mandatory on campus attendance requirements, therefore students must be in Australia when enrolled in this unit.

Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check

In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to placements in each calendar year of their course.

In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of placement will not be able to undertake placement and this will impede progress in the course.

Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.

Content

The unit aims to give students who are well into their studies the opportunity to develop professional skills, applied in a work setting, which are relevant to an area of the human nutrition workforce. Students will undertake a minimum of 100 hours in a work-based practicum which may be undertaken in a full-time block or on a more staggered basis such as 1 day per week for 12-15 weeks. Students will initially complete self paced modules that will assist them in preparing for the work-based project as well as providing the practical skills and knowledge required for the placement.

Students must complete the pre-placement modules and have all necessary placement documentation submitted by the end of June of the year of the placement.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Develop and profile employability skills including career planning, identification of professional strengths, skills and interests, and development of an online professional identity.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO2

Apply principles of professional workplace conduct in a nutrition or nutrition-related placement setting, including delivery of workplace and project objectives and application of professional knowledge, capabilities and personal attributes required for performing work in a nutrition related role.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
ULO3

Develop and apply a reflective practice approach to enhance self-awareness, professional conduct and career management skills.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Identify and connect with relevant professional associations and networks that support career development in nutrition.

GLO2: Communication
GLO8: Global citizenship

Nutritionist skill building core competencies

  • Health and Disease: Population Health
  • Be able to communicate, maintain partnerships and engage in advocacy: establish and maintain partnerships, and communicate nutrition messages
  • Abilities in nutrition project management skills: conduct needs assessment, establish goals/objectives/strategies, design and plan project, implement project, manage risk, evaluate project, disseminate results
  • Abilities in research skills: apply knowledge to new situations

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Career Portfolio Curriculum Vitae (CV), LinkedIn profile, professional associations and network list Ungraded Pass/Fail
  • Rolling due date, within the first two weeks of placement
Assessment 2: Reflective Practice Three reflective practice submissions Ungraded Pass/Fail
  • Rolling due date
Assessment 3: Placement Portfolio Summary of key work produced as part of placement, supervisor report and placement logbook Ungraded Pass/Fail
  • Rolling due date, within the last week of placement

This unit is an ungraded pass/ungraded fail only. All assessments must be passed in order for the unit to be passed.

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.

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