NUT5003 Advanced nutrition and dietetics practice

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Evaluate the role of diet in the aetiology, prevention, and management of a range of clinical conditions and diseases.

2. 2

   Integrate knowledge of science and disease into nutrition assessment and management of individual cases including consideration of broader issues regarding healthcare systems and provision, management, ethics and quality improvement.

3. 3

   Demonstrate core skills in the dietetic process to formulate effective individual case management plans including prioritising care and discharge planning.

4. 4

   Integrate personal, social, clinical, cultural, physiological, ethical, environmental and economic factors into clinical reasoning and decision making in individual patient case management.

5. 5

   Critically analyse an evidence-based approach to individual patient case management.

6. 6

   Critically review the evidence and apply to the management of individual patient cases.

7. 7

   Integrate theories into counselling and education, including behaviour change, to support effective person-centred individual patient case management.

8. 8

   Communicate with people from various cultural, socioeconomic, organisational and professional backgrounds adapting or co-creating messages for specific audiences for professional practice.