310093 (v.1) Community and Food Service Placement 582

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	16.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Clinical Practice:	1 x 10 Weeks Once-only
Co Requisite(s):	309102 (v.2) Clinical Placement 582 AND 310092 (v.1) Dietetic Clinical Support 582
Syllabus:	Community placements are undertaken in metropolitan or regional community health centres and other health care agencies. Activities include planning, implementation and evaluation of community nutrition projects. Conducting group education sessions. Participation in community consultations. Application of health promotion strategies. Working cooperatively as a member of a team: colleagues, community and other agencies. Preparation of culturally appropriate nutrition education resources. Advocacy of nutrition at the placement site and in the wider community. Food Service placements are undertaken in metropolitan or regional hospitals and are a structured, pre-planned program of activities and projects, work experience, information collection, investigations and report writing. Activities include evaluating food service systems, plant and equipment for large and small institutions. Menu planning and recipe standardisation to food service systems. Resource utilisation in a food service system and costing procedures. Applying existing food service policy, procedure and standards to evaluate food service systems. Computing skills in recipe analysis and costing procedures. Working effectively in the organisation, recognising the role of food service personnel.
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Field of Education:	069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Pass/Fail

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