NUTR71-118: International Nutrition Practice

Description

This subject focuses on developing and consolidating graduate competencies, consistent with profession-specific competency standards, including those relevant to international nutrition and dietetic practice. The subject involves  a 2-week supervised placement in another country (or equivalent domestic experience).     Students will explore nutrition and dietetic practice from an international perspective, including consideration of inter-professional team roles across countries, and the effects of different cultural, political, economic, and physical environments on nutrition issues and priorities. They will undertake and reflect on a range of activities in a series of classroom-based sessions and during the overseas placement. Learning activities will provide the opportunity to develop and demonstrate advanced-level cultural competency and professional leadership.     

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: NUTR71-118
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Semesters offered:
  • January 2023 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Health, Biomedical, and Sport Sciences
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2022: $4,200.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,310.00
  • Commencing in 2022: $4,450.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,570.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Critically reflect on the impact of different cultural, political, economic, health practitioner roles and physical environments on nutrition and dietetic issues and priorities in different countries.
  2. Demonstrate and apply cultural competency in nutrition and dietetic practice.
  3. Adapt nutrition and dietetic practice to be appropriate to the specific socio-cultural, economic and organisational context of health care.
  4. Critically assess opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition and dietetic practice in different country contexts.
  5. Develop and apply skills in leadership, team building, networking, and communication in an Australian and international nutrition context.
  6. Demonstrate a professional, ethical and entrepreneurial approach advocating for excellence in nutrition and dietetics.
  7. Demonstrate competence (knowledge, skills and attitudes) as required for safe practice as an entry-level dietitian across the dominant areas of practice (medical nutrition therapy, food service management, and community and public health nutrition).

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Pre-requisites:

Co-requisites:

There are no co-requisites
Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

Must be admitted into CC-63041 - Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Subject outlines

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 13/11/2022
    Semester start: 16/01/2023
    Subject start: 16/01/2023
    Cancellation 1: 31/01/2023
    Cancellation 2: 04/02/2023
    Last enrolment: 29/01/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 15/02/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 05/03/2023
    Teaching census: 14/02/2023
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 13/11/2022
Semester start: 16/01/2023
Subject start: 16/01/2023
Cancellation 1: 31/01/2023
Cancellation 2: 04/02/2023
Last enrolment: 29/01/2023
Withdraw - Financial: 15/02/2023
Withdraw - Academic: 05/03/2023
Teaching census: 14/02/2023