Medical Nutrition Therapy A
Overview
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 food/s in line with their medical nutrition therapy recommendations.
Requisites
Rules
50 Credit points in MA-DIET - Master of Dietetics
AND
DET60001 Applied Nutrition Science
AND
Co-requisite
DET70002 Nutrition Assessment and Education
27-October-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Evaluate and apply various nutrition screening tools
- 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
- 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
- Apply knowledge of diseases and conditions to the dietetic case management of individuals
- Translate evidence-based nutrition information and dietarey approaches into practical recommendations considering social and cultural factors
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Workshop | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| On-campus Lab | 3.00 | 4 weeks | 12 |
| Specified Activities Various | 2.50 | 12 weeks | 30 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Group | 20% | 2,3,4,5,6 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 40% | 2,3,4,5,6 |
| Examination | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 40% | 2,3,4,5 |
| Examination | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Online Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 4,5 |
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
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.