NUTR71-700: Professional Placement Internship - Medical Nutrition Therapy 1

The Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice program professional placement internships are distributed across five subjects that collectively meet the professional placement accreditation requirements of  Dietitians Australia. The internship program provides a minimum of 24 weeks of professional practice in the fields of medical nutrition therapy (1 x 5 weeks and 1 x 6 weeks), food service management (5 weeks), and community and public health nutrition (6 weeks). Students also complete an internship in an international setting (2 weeks) and 20 weeks of research internship in the final two semesters of the program. In this internship, students perform medical nutrition therapy in a range of clinical settings under the supervision of  Accredited Practising Dietitians who are supported by Bond University. Students complete a five-week, full-time internship. Students must be assessed as meeting the medical nutrition therapy competencies required in this subject to progress to Professional Placement Internship - Medical Nutrition Therapy 2. Activities from this subject will be used to inform the final assessment of each student against all Dietitians Australia competency standards in order to determine their eligibility to graduate from the Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice program. This final assessment occurs in the final semester of the program.