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NUTR71-701: Professional Placement Internship - Medical Nutrition Therapy 2

Description

The Master of Nutrition and Dietetics 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 second internship subject, students continue to perform medical nutrition therapy in a range of clinical settings, such as private and public hospitals, under the supervision of Accredited Practising Dietitians who are supported by Bond University. These dietitians include Practice Supervisors and a Clinical Educator. Students complete a six-week full-time internship. Upon completion of this internship, students’ progress and attainment of medical nutrition therapy competency is assessed by the Clinical Educator in conjunction with the Practice Supervisors and the Subject Coordinator at Bond University.  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.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: NUTR71-701
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Semesters offered:
  • May 2023 [Non-Standard Offering]
  • January 2024 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Health, Biomedical, and Sport Sciences
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,310.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,400.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,570.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,850.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Apply client-centred counselling skills to facilitate client-directed nutrition and lifestyle change.
  2. Implement the nutrition care process in collaboration with a client, family member and/or members of the healthcare team.
  3. Monitor, modify, and document the progression of the clients’ condition using the nutrition care process.
  4. Apply critical thinking to dietetic practice.
  5. Apply quality management principles to evaluate and improve practice on an ongoing basis.
  6. Demonstrate and maintain evidence of dietetics professionalism, cultural awareness and safe and effective practice.
  7. Demonstrate effective leadership to support client-centred health outcomes.
  8. Develop sustainable multidisciplinary collaborations and networks.

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

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: 19/03/2023
    Semester start: 19/06/2023
    Subject start: 19/06/2023
    Cancellation 1: 26/06/2023
    Cancellation 2: 27/06/2023
    Last enrolment: 24/06/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 02/07/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 09/07/2023
    Teaching census: 01/07/2023
  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 11/03/2024
    Subject start: 11/03/2024
    Cancellation 1: 18/03/2024
    Cancellation 2: 19/03/2024
    Last enrolment: 16/03/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 24/03/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 31/03/2024
    Teaching census: 23/03/2024
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 19/03/2023
Semester start: 19/06/2023
Subject start: 19/06/2023
Cancellation 1: 26/06/2023
Cancellation 2: 27/06/2023
Last enrolment: 24/06/2023
Withdraw - Financial: 02/07/2023
Withdraw - Academic: 09/07/2023
Teaching census: 01/07/2023

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