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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
Field of Education: | 69900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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