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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Concepts in Nutrition

  • Unit Code

    NUT6106

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit explores the application of advanced nutritional counselling skills and provides the student with exposure to individual case management in an inter-professional setting. Advanced topics in community and public health nutrition will be explored within the unit.

Prerequisite Rule

(Students must pass 1 units from NUT4444, NUT5114 AND Students must pass 1 units from NUT4446, NUT6101 AND Students must pass 1 units from NUT5104, NUT6102)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4445

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise the evidence based practice innutrition and dietetics.
  2. Critically evaluate contemporary issues in public health nutrition for individuals, populations and the food industry where appropriate.
  3. Demonstrate the application of advanced nutritional counselling skills and inter-professional learning.
  4. Interpret medical case documentation in individual case management.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced community and public health nutrition.
  2. Advanced counselling skills.
  3. Complementary medicine.
  4. Critical evidence based approach to practice.
  5. Individual case management and inter-professional learning.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, laboratories,guest speakers, small-group work, class discussions, e-learning, problem solving, role play, demonstrations and case studies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Written report and Presentation30%
Case Study ^Skills application30%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Bauer, K., Liou, D., & Sokolik, C. (2012). Nutrition counseling and education skill development (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Marion, M., Willliams-Mullen, P., & Bowers, J. (Eds.). (2007). Integrating therapeutic and complementary nutrition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Taylor & Francis.
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (2012). International Dietetics and Nutritional Terminology (IDNT) Reference Manual: Standard Language for the Nutrition Care Process (4th ed.). United States: American Dietetics Association.
  • Holli, B., & Beto, J. (2014). Communicating and educating skills for dietetics professionals (6th ed.). Place published: Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Boulata, J., Armenti, V., & Vincent, T. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of drug-nutrient interactions (2nd ed.). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  • Mahan, L., Escott-Stump, S., & Raymond, J. (2011). Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process (13th ed.). St Louis, Saunders Elsevier.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

NUT6106|2|1

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Concepts in Nutrition

  • Unit Code

    NUT6106

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit explores the application of advanced nutritional counselling skills and provides the student with exposure to individual case management in an inter-professional setting. Advanced topics in community and public health nutrition will be explored within the unit.

Prerequisite Rule

(Students must pass 1 units from NUT4444, NUT5114 AND Students must pass 1 units from NUT4446, NUT6101 AND Students must pass 1 units from NUT5104, NUT6102)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4445

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically appraise the evidence based practice innutrition and dietetics.
  2. Critically evaluate contemporary issues in public health nutrition for individuals, populations and the food industry where appropriate.
  3. Demonstrate the application of advanced nutritional counselling skills and inter-professional learning.
  4. Interpret medical case documentation in individual case management.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced community and public health nutrition.
  2. Advanced counselling skills.
  3. Complementary medicine.
  4. Critical evidence based approach to practice.
  5. Individual case management and inter-professional learning.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, laboratories, guest speakers, small-group work, class discussions, e-learning, problem solving, role play, demonstrations and case studies.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Written report and Presentation40%
Reflective Practice ^Continuous professional development10%
Examination ^Objective Structured Clinical Examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (2012). International Dietetics and Nutritional Terminology (IDNT) Reference Manual: Standard Language for the Nutrition Care Process (4th ed.). United States: American Dietetics Association.
  • Bauer, K., Liou, D., & Sokolik, C. (2014). Nutrition counseling and education skill development (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Boulata, J., Armenti, V., & Vincent, T. (Eds.). (2010). Handbook of drug-nutrient interactions (2nd ed.). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  • Holli, B., & Beto, J. (2014). Nutritional Counseling and education skills for dietetics professionals (6th ed.). Philadelphia, USA: Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Mahan, L., Escott-Stump, S., & Raymond, J. (2011). Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process (13th ed.). St Louis, Saunders Elsevier.
  • Marion, M., Willliams-Mullen, P., & Bowers, J. (Eds.). (2007). Integrating therapeutic and complementary nutrition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Taylor & Francis.
  • Rollnick, S., & Miller, W.R.  (2013).  Motivational Interviewing Helping People Change (3rd Ed.).  London, UK: The Guildford Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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