Management in Dietetics and Food Service

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
FOSC 5002

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
105735

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

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Course aim

To provide students with the knowledge of a range of food service systems and their management and management principles as they apply to dietetic practice in the public and private sectors.

Course content

This course will cover food services systems used in a range of institutions from food procurement to its distribution, HACCP. It will build upon learning from the course ‘HLTH 5174 Translating Nutrition into Food Practice’ on the provision of food that meets the nutritional requirements of specific client groups. Food and nutrition policies and procedures, quality management and benchmarking. The principles of effective management for dietetic practice in public institutions and private practice.

Textbook(s)

Hudson NR 2006, Management Practice in Dietetics, 2nd edn, Thomson Wadsworth

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 5174	Translating Nutrition into Food Practice

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Field Placement	3.5 hours x 3 days

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

Assessment

Field trip written reports, Written report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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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.