NUTR28003 - Nutrition Assessment in Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Practical Assessment 30%
3. Examination 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20% response rate.

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.

Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate the impacts of food and nutrition factors on human health and disease across all stages of the lifespan
  2. Perform nutritional assessment to evaluate nutritional status of individuals
  3. Critically discuss nutrient requirements which impact specific stages of the lifespan
  4. Research and critically review evidence for the role of food and nutrition in human health.

Learning outcomes of this unit are linked to the following domains of the 2015 Dietitian Association of Australia’s (DAA) National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia:

  • Domain 1: Practises professionally
  • Domain 2: Positively influences the health of individuals, groups and/or populations to achieve nutrition outcome
  • Domain 4: Collaborates with clients and stakeholders

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Practical Assessment •
3 - Examination • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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