HSN744 - Principles of Dietetics
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Semester 1: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Unit Chair: | Ee Ling Ng |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H718 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | HSN740 and HSN754 |
| Incompatible with: | HSN312 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300 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 - on-campus unit enrolment: | This unit consists of lectures, practical experiences (workshops), case base tutorials and patient simulations spread throughout the semester with 11 x 2.5 hour case based tutorials, 11 x 2 hour patient practical experience (simulation), and 12 x full-day hospital lectures (all day lectures with case studies) and weekly lectures on-campus. |
Note:This unit has mandatory on campus attendance requirements, therefore students must be in Australia when enrolled in this unit. | |
Content
This unit introduces students to the dietetic process and specifically the development of dietetic management plans for individual clients. Students will develop skills in the assessment and interpretation of individual anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and nutritional data and counselling skills relevant to professional practice. The unit covers the interactions between nutrition and clinical conditions (weight management, cardiovascular disease, aged care, diabetes, nutrition support, oncology, gastrointestinal diseases, liver disease and renal disease).
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Assess, plan and implement the individual nutrition care process for a patient in the clinical setting. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify and demonstrate knowledge of the interaction between nutrition and clinical disease states. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Demonstrate knowledge of and implement the dietetic process and the skills required to use this process in the management of individual clients (including organisation and personal management skills). | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Identify and demonstrate translation of scientific knowledge into practical information. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Implement professional oral and written communication skill. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Nutrition care plan | 2500 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 2: End-of-unit assessment | 2 hours | 35% |
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| Assessment 3: Pre-OSCE Peer Evaluation and Reflection | Written reflection 1000 words | 15% |
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| Assessment 4: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) | 1 hour | 20% |
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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.
Hurdle requirement
- Must pass Assessment tasks 1, 2 and 4
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN744 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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