Dietetics Professional Studies

NTDT5604

This course is designed to facilitate students to develop professional communication and organization/management skills that will enable them to work effectively as dietitians. Dietitians work in varied environments - within private and government organizations, industry and in private practice; within teams and solely. Interpersonal, individual and group communication as well as professional, management, organization and general business skills are required in all of these areas. This unit of study introduces communication, management and organization and behavioural theory to dietetics students. Students will have the opportunity to apply these through practical examples in class and by assessment tasks. Of the 4 components of the Unit of Study, namely Business, Small Group Education, Interpersonal Communication and Media Skills, only the first three are assessed. Teachers in this Unit of Study comprise university staff and dietitians working in the hospital setting.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: NTDT5604

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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