UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

NUT5006 Professional practice: Research and employability

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

NUT5006 Professional practice: Research and employability is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It needs NUT5001 and NUT5004.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 1
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks

The 2027 handbook has no page for NUT5006. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

After NUT5006

No unit lists NUT5006 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in Master of Nutrition and Dietetics M6002.

Overview

This unit will extend your research knowledge and skills in nutrition and dietetics through an authentic experience of analysing research data, writing a research article and translating the results for practice. The unit will help you to become a well-rounded graduate by exploring your personal and professional growth across the degree. By helping you to identify the key attributes that you are able to bring to the profession we hope to provide you with tools to enhance your employability, and to prepare you for the job seeking process and the workforce.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonOn campus

Assessment

  • Article (6,000 words)Written
    50%
  • Multimedia communication (300 words)Artefact
    30%
  • Oral presentation (15 mins plus 5 min question time)Presentation
    20%
  • Case study analysis and reflection - Pass/FailWrittenCompetency hurdle
    -

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Synthesise relevant literature to support nutrition and dietetic research and practice.

  2. 2

    Execute a research project; collecting, organising, analysing, interpreting, communicating and disseminating data with independence.

  3. 3

    Translate the implications of research findings for dietetics practice, advocacy and key stakeholders.

  4. 4

    Integrate ethical, personal and professional behaviours consistent with evidence-based research practice, and nutrition and dietetics professional codes of practice.

  5. 5

    Illustrate contemporary leadership, personal and interpersonal skills that combine critical, creative thinking to address nutrition and dietetic issues.

  6. 6

    Synthesise, translate and communicate data and key research in nutrition and dietetics practice.

  7. 7

    Communicate insights and perspectives on personal learning journey and dietetic practice goals.

  8. 8

    Evaluate own culture, values, beliefs, attitudes, biases, assumptions, privilege and power at the individual and systems level, and their influence on professional practice.

  9. 9

    Evaluate the impact of how colonisation and systematic racism, social, cultural, behavioural and economic factors affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health outcome and how this might influence dietetic practice and outcomes.

Workload and teaching

  • Workshops32 hours
  • Assessments2.5 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning

The majority of teaching and assessment for this unit will occur during two intensive teaching blocks at the beginning (3-week block) and end of the semester (4-week block). This will be delivered on campus and include workshops, practicals and assessment in class. The first 3-week block will include private study time and meetings with a research mentor to assist you to write a scientific research article as a group. The second 4-week block will involve approximately 8 hours per week of in-person workshops, as well as private study time to complete assessment tasks. Throughout the semester, you will complete an online interprofessional module on anti-racism in healthcare (Advocates in Indigenous Health, Antiracism Challenge). This will require approximately 8-10 hours throughout the semester.

For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Zoe Davidson
Unit Coordinators
Merran Blair

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for NUT5006?

You need NUT5001 and NUT5004 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is NUT5006 offered?

In 2025, NUT5006 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.

Does NUT5006 have an exam?

No. NUT5006 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202020212022202320242025