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