| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Credits: | 50.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 37.5 |
| Clinical Practice: | 1 x 150 Hours Once-only |
| Co Requisite(s): | 303532 (v.2) Advanced Nutrition Topics 480
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303533 (v.3) Medicine and Dietetics 481
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| Syllabus: | Placements in assigned hospitals, community health centre, health services and other health care agencies. Activities include outpatient counselling in dietary modification and/or preventative nutrition, in-patient counselling and monitoring patient progress - community and public health activities, interaction with other allied health professionals and observations and assigned duties in catering placements. Clinical practice is undertaken over 4 weeks, full-time, 37.5 hours per week. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | Upon successful completion of this unit students will have demonstrated the ability to - accept and carry out the responsibilities of a dietitian and to apply nutritional knowledge to the professional activities of a practicing dietitian, and an ability to meet the national standards of competency for entry-level dietitians adopted by the Dietitians Association of Australia in 1993. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | School of Public Health. (2001). Dietetic Placement 482. Placement Information Manual. Perth, Curtin University of Technology. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Placement Performance Assessment: Clinical 60%. Community 10%, Food Service 5%. Case Study 5%, Written Examination 20%. Students must achieve a pass in each part of the assessment in order to pass the unit. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
