In this unit, you will undertake 10 weeks of full-time supervised clinical dietetic placement within a hospital setting. On placement, you will apply the theory and knowledge gained from your studies to deliver real patient-centred care and practice. During your placement experience, you will gain a range of clinical skills, from the management of clients suffering from chronic disease to complex conditions, specialised areas of practice and the management of a full caseload. Consequently, you will acquire the skills necessary for competency in the delivery of medical nutrition therapy to a level of safe practice that is deemed suitable for an entry-level dietitian.
Level | Postgraduate |
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Unit Level | 9 |
Credit Points | 12 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-Requisite:
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). |
Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
Residential School | No Residential School |
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).
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
2. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | 0% |
3. Case Study | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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No previous feedback available
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.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Learning outcomes of this unit are linked to the following domains of the 2015 Dietitian Association of Australia (DAA) National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia:
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | |
2 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | • | • | • | • |
3 - Case Study | • |
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | |
2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | |||
5 - Self-management | • | |||
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • |
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | |||||
2 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | • | • | • | • | • | |||
3 - Case Study | • | • | • | • |