HSN745 - Community and Public Health Nutrition

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Semester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Semester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)

Credit point(s):2
EFTSL value:0.250
Unit Chair:Semester 1: Alison Spence
Semester 2: Penny Love
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in H718
Previously:Community Nutrition
Prerequisite:

HSN740 and HSN744

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
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:

2 weeks part-time at Burwood (Melbourne) pre-placement, 7 weeks full-time community professional experience (placement).

Seminars, professional experience (placement) and assessment tasks may take place outside of Deakin University teaching periods.

Note:

There is an enrolment quota for this unit.

Self-enrolment function is not available for this unit. Students wishing to enrol in this unit will need approval from the Unit Chair.

Note for All students enrolling into this unit:

You must complete your placement hours within your semester 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 semester of enrolment in the placement unit, please email the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Professional Placement Office 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

This unit prepares students for community nutrition placements by developing skills in practical public health nutrition, including preparation of project proposals, budget submissions, project management and evaluation, report writing and addressing the needs of specific groups. Students then apply these skills to complete a community fieldwork project as a group project.

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 apply skills in professional dietetic practice in the area of community and public health nutrition, in line with current DA National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Plan, implement and critically evaluate evidence based community and public health nutrition activities and projects for individuals, groups, communities and stakeholders.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Demonstrate reflective, adaptive, culturally sensitive, safe and ethical practice in the field of community and public health nutrition, including recognising systems which impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and reflecting on the role dietitians play within these systems.

GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Communicate professional- standard nutrition information with diverse audiences using appropriate methods and materials, including oral, written and online presentations, reports and multimedia.

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

ULO5

Demonstrate effective collaboration, contribute to team projects, and communicate and utilise feedback effectively with team members and stakeholders to support group interactions and successful project completion.

GLO2: Communication
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO6

Develop and apply critical thinking to the evolving context, role and scope of public health and community nutrition within local healthcare and health promotion systems.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Semester 1 and Semester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Individual and Team Based Learning (TBL) tasks

  10%
  • Weeks 1 and 2

Assessment 2: Cultural competency assessment

1000 words 10%
  • Week 5

Assessment 3: Placement project report and presentation

3000 words 35% + 10%
Total: 45%
  • Week 10

Assessment 4: Breadth Activities Report

Report: 2000 words
Reflection: 500 words
Total 2500 words
Report: 20%
Reflection: 5%
Total: 25%
  • Week 11

Assessment 5: Evaluation of a group education session

1000 words 10%
  • Week 10

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

  • Professional placement and competency based assessment (ungraded Pass/Fail)
  • Failure of the practicum component will lead to a fail in this unit and may lead to exclusion.

Travel commitment

Because of the need for professional practice at external sites, all students undertaking the course should be aware of the required need for travel to placement sites. The requirement to travel is very real and travel time up to 2 hours each way is considered normal. It is also likely that you will have to attend at least one rural placement during the course.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN745 Note: Select the relevant semester 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 semester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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