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NUTR28003 Nutrition Assessment in Practice
Nutrition Assessment in Practice
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General Information

Overview

This unit builds on your prior learning in the areas of nutrition, biochemistry and physiology and applies this in the context of nutritional assessment. In this unit, you will develop an understanding of nutritional assessment, lifespan nutrition and the relationship between nutrition and disease across specific stages of the lifespan. You will also perform nutritional assessment to evaluate nutritional status of individuals.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 8
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: Enrolment into CL88 Master of Nutrition and Dietetics or enrolment into CG93 Pre-Dietetics or Clinical Nutrition majors and completion of 108cp.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from The unit coordinator's self reflection and verbal feedback received from students.

Feedback

The structure of the unit, the assessments and formative quizzes appear to be conducive to learning the associated content and the students enjoyed the residential school activities.

Recommendation

Continue with current structure of the unit and the residential school activities.

Feedback from The unit coordinator's self reflection and verbal feedback received from students.

Feedback

Including additional engaging activities and real-world case studies can assist with providing additional depth and breadth of the concepts.

Recommendation

The inclusion of additional engagement activities and real-world case studies may assist with a deeper understanding of nutrition assessment in practice.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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