DIETETIC PRACTICE THEORY AND CASE MANAGEMENT B
DTN5DPB
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
This subject focuses on the dietetic management of common conditions including digestive diseases, food allergy and intolerances, cancer, critical illness and surgical nutrition. Translation of dietetic theory, into practice, will occur through a hospital placement. During this placement you will integrate nutrition assessment data into a nutrition diagnosis, formulate nutrition goals, and begin to implement management plans with individual patients. You will use food service to provide therapeutic diets to inpatients, begin to educate patients, and participate in multidisciplinary team management and evaluate nutrition management plans. On placement you may encounter therapeutic diets, nutrition and lifestyle intervention to treat obesity and metabolic disease, oral nutrition support and enteral and parenteral nutrition. You will integrate best available evidence, into dietetic practice through an extended case study, by critically evaluating the management of an individual patient.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Helen Dean
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must have passed DTN4DPA and DTN4EPI and DTN4CPB and must be enrolled in either - HMDP Master of Dietetic Practice or HZHSDP Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Dietetic Practice.
Co-requisites: DTN5FSM
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Griffith University handbook of nutrition and dietetics. | Prescribed | Stewart, R (ed) 2007 | GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SOUTHPORT, QLD. |
| Readings | Manual of dietetic practice. | Prescribed | Thomas, B & Bishop, J (eds) 2007 | 4TH EDN, OXFORD, UK. |
| Readings | Nutrition counselling and education skill development. | Prescribed | Bauer, KD, Liou, D & Sokolik, CA 2012 | 2ND EDN, WADSWORTH, CENGAGE LEARNING, CA. |
Melbourne, 2014, Week 04-30, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Helen Dean
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 04 - 30
Four 7.0 hours lecture per study period on weekdays during the day from week 04 to week 30 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Four 7-hour Lectures per study period and delivered via face-to-face. (Seven hours of lectures for each of four days in week four (total of 30 hours)"
Placement - Off SiteWeek: 04 - 30
One 20.0 days placement - off site per study period on weekdays during the day from week 04 to week 30 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 140-hour Placement - Off Site per study period. (Practicum/clinical placement of a total of 140 hours (20 days over five weeks). Placement-based tutorials are included in the 140 hours.)"
SeminarWeek: 04 - 30
One 5.0 hours seminar per study period on weekdays during the day from week 04 to week 30 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 5-hour Seminar per study period and delivered via face-to-face. (One 5-hour assessment seminar in week 13 or week 24.)"
WorkShopWeek: 04 - 30
One 4.0 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 04 to week 30 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 4-hour WorkShop per study period and delivered via face-to-face. (One four-hour practical skills workshop in week four.)"
WorkShopWeek: 04 - 30
Two 5.0 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 04 to week 30 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Two 5-hour WorkShops per study period and delivered via face-to-face. (Two 5-hour workshops during the placement period.)"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Dietetic practice skill and competency assessment. | 0 | |
| One 2,500-word paper and one individual 10-minute oral presentation. | 35 | |
| One 2-hour written examination. | Hurdle requirement: students must pass this examination in order to pass the subject. | 30 |
| One reflective practice portfolio (total of 2,000 words). | 10 | |
| Two written nutrition care plans (800 words each) and one 10-minute oral presentation of one plan. | 25 |