Clinical Dietetic Practice

Course aim

To provide students with practical clinical opportunities to enable them to apply their theoretical knowledge and achieve the clinical competencies to practice at an entry level.

Course content

The 10 week clinical placement will provide opportunities for students to apply their medical nutrition therapy knowledge and skills within a clinical environment. Further development of clinical reasoning skills and clinical knowledge to achieve the dietetic entry level competency requirements for clinical placements. The clinical placement will occur at two placement sites. Tutorials will enable students to share experiences and discuss clinical cases.

Textbook(s)

Stewart, Rowan 2012, Griffith Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Current edition

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 5158	Communication and Professional Practice
HLTH 5169	Advanced Dietetic Practice
HLTH 5168	Nutrition and Disease 2

Students are required to hold a Senior First Aid Certificate as a pre-requisite for this course.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Field Placement	10 weeks x N/A
Tutorial	2 hours x 9 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.