This unit provides professional placement experience in Community and Public Health settings. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a nutrition program demonstrating an understanding of the planning, implementation and evaluation process. Students are also required to demonstrate professional, expert, evidenced-based and collaborative practice as described by the Dietitians Australia (DA) 2021 National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Collect, organise and assess data relating to the health and nutritional status of groups and populations;
2. Demonstrate a sound understanding of the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of nutrition programs with groups, community or populations in collaboration with key stakeholders;
3. Recognise the multi-factorial and interconnected determinants influencing nutrition and health;
4. Apply a socio-ecological approach to the development of strategies to improve nutrition and health; and
5. Demonstrate a professional, culturally responsive, ethical and evidenced based approach to advocating for excellence in nutrition and dietetics.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives

Prerequisites

9468 Community and Public Health Nutrition PG

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

6470 Professional Practice in Health Settings PG

Assumed knowledge

None.