Medical Nutrition Therapy A
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 72 per semester + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
AND
50 credit points in Master of Dietetics (MA-DIET)
AND
Aims and objectives
This unit will explore client-centred medical nutrition therapy, incorporating topics and activities focussed on both the management of disease through dietary changes and improving health and wellbeing. It will focus on the management of chronic conditions and working with an ageing population, and will explore dietary management of some acute conditions. This unit will also provide students with practical food preparation experience utilising the teaching kitchen where they will develop strategies and prepare foods in line with their medical nutrition therapy recommendations.
Unit Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Evaluate and apply various nutrition screening tools
2.Collect and interpret nutrition assessment and malnutrition screening data to determine the nutrition status of healthy individuals and those with selected acute and chronic medical conditions
3. Make nutrition diagnoses and develop client-centred nutrition management plans based on interpretation of nutrition assessment data for healthy individuals and those with selected acute and chronic medical conditions
4. Apply knowledge of diseases and conditions to the dietetic case management of individuals
5. Translate evidence-based nutrition information and dietarey approaches into practical recommendations considering social and cultural factors
Courses with unit
Master of DieteticsUnit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| On-Campus Workshop | 3 | 12 | 36 |
On-Campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| On-Campus Lab | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Specified Activities Various | 2.5 | 12 | 30 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 4 | 12 | 48 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 40% | 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Online Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 4, 5 |
| Examination | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- Teamwork Skills
- Analysis Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Communication Skills
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Ability to work independently
Content
- Medical nutrition therapy
- Nutrition screening tools- purpose and use
- Recipe modification for different medical conditions/circumstances
- Nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring and evaluation in the Medical Nutrition Therapy of major conditions
- Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
- Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.