Course outline. Code: NUT351 Title: Medical Nutrition Therapy 1

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1 Course outline Code: NUT351 Title: Medical Nutrition Therapy 1 Faculty of: Science, Health, Education and Engineering Teaching Session: Semester 1 Year: 2016 Course Coordinator: Dr Hattie Wright hwright@usc.edu.au Tel: Course Moderator: Judy Tweedie 1. What is this course about? 1.1 Course description Medical Nutrition Therapy 1 explores the role played by therapeutic diets in the treatment of chronic disease and other nutritional disorders. You are introduced to the principles of the nutrition care process and you will gain knowledge and experience in nutrition assessment techniques and intervention strategies as applied to chronic disease and other nutritional disorders. 1.2 Course content Nutrition care process Framework Drug Nutrient interactions Overweight and obesity Malnutrition Cardiovascular disease Diabetes mellitus Paediatrics Gastro-intestinal diseases and disorders 2. Unit value 12 units Version Semester Recfind File Number: F14145

2 Page 2 3. How does this course contribute to my learning? On successful completion of this course you should be able to: You will be assessed on the learning outcome in task/s: Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming: Describe nutritional issues in paediatrics and the disease process, nutritional consequences and medical nutritional therapy of chronic diseases and nutritional disorders, including relevant drug nutrient interactions. Describe the aetiology, pathophysiology and medical nutritional therapy of clinical diseases, in paediatrics, and nutritional disorders Apply the nutrition care process to the medical nutritional therapy of individuals with in paediatrics, clinical diseases and nutritional disorders using best evidence. Use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to construct a nutrition care plan that integrates an individual s social, cultural, economic and environmental influences. Demonstrate competency in nutrition assessment and diet history interview skills and reflection Task 3 Task 3 Tasks 1 and 3 Task 3 Task 2 Knowledgeable. Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinkers. Empowered Sustainability-focused Empowered. Engaged 4. Am I eligible to enrol in this course? Refer to the Undergraduate Coursework Programs and Awards - Academic Policy for definitions of prerequisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites 4.1 Enrolment restrictions Students must be enrolled in SC Pre-requisites NUT202, NUT232 and LFS Co-requisites Nil 4.4 Anti-requisites Nil 4.5 Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (optional) It is assumed that students will have foundation knowledge in nutrients and nutrition assessment. 5. How am I going to be assessed? 5.1 Grading scale Standard High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL)

3 Page Assessment tasks Task No. (NUT351) Assessment Tasks Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? 1 Nutrition Care Plans Individual 20% 2500 words each Monday weeks 5 and 9 2 Dietary Interview Individual 50% Interview is 30 Week 13 Skills Assessment minutes 3 Final exam Individual 30% 2 hours Central Examination Period 100% Where should I submit it? Blackboard Assignment Interview: In class NA Assessment Task 1: Nutrition Care Plans Goal: To apply the nutrition care process to individuals with a clinical disease or nutrition disorder. You should be able to interpret an individual s anthropometric measurements, biochemical data, client history, and dietary intake both qualitatively and quantitatively. Then relate this to their disease or nutrition disorder, write a nutrition diagnosis, identify nutritional goals of management and formulate nutritional intervention and monitoring strategies that individualise client needs. Product: Two (2) Nutrition Care Plans (NCP) of approximately 2500 words, submitted through Blackboard assignments. NCP 1 is formative and NCP 2 is summative. Format: You will develop two (2) NCPs in accordance with NCP report writing guidelines. The first NCP is due in week five (5) and will be formative (ungraded), in which you will be provided with feedback to help you to focus on areas for improvement to complete NCP 2. NCP 2 will be due in week nine (9) and is a summative assessment which will contribute to your final grade. You will be provided with a case scenario of a client with a chronic disease or nutritional disorder. You will analyse their diet history qualitatively and quantitatively, interpret and summarise this analysis in a qualitative and quantitative dietary statement, identify goals of nutritional management and formulate a nutrition intervention plan with specific dietary and lifestyle strategies. You will also justify your intervention plan in relation to current evidence and best practice recommendations. Criteria Appropriate and accurate nutritional assessment of the patient. Accurate assessment of nutrient needs relevant to the nutritional and medical problems. Accurate and appropriate quantitative and qualitative dietary assessment, evaluation and interpretation. Accurate formulation and prioritising of a nutritional diagnosis. Relevant and appropriate nutrition intervention plan prioritised to the medical problem/s and related to the nutritional diagnosis. Justification of nutritional intervention plan reflects best evidence. Relevant monitoring and evaluation strategies related to short and long-term goals Presentation and formatting that meets requirements and is acceptable in an academic or professional environment.

4 Page 4 Generic skill assessed Problem solving Communication Skill assessment level Assessment Task 2: Dietary Interview Skills Assessment Goal: Product: Format: Criteria To develop professional competencies in nutrition assessment and diet history interview skills. This task is an oral assessment task in the form of an interview exam and consists out of a formative and summative component. The interview exam is summative and contributes 50% to the total grade. Formative: To prepare for the interview you will attend the nutrition clinic and interview a real client and be provided with immediate feedback on your interview skills by the Nutrition Clinic supervisor. You will also have an opportunity to practice these skills during class time. Summative: For the Interview exam you will be required to complete this within a maximum of 30 minutes. You will be provided with a mock case scenario at the beginning of the interview. You will be required to conduct a nutrition assessment and dietary history interview on a mock client (a fellow student or staff colleague), using an interview structure that includes an introduction and closure, gathers social history, relevant medical history, biochemical and anthropometric data and diet history. Skills assessed: Initiation of interview Collection and clarification of nutrition assessment information Accurate diet history collection linking to food portion size, type, frequency, discretionary food, supplement use, targets key nutrients and food patterns linking to disease state Closing of the interview Verbal and non-verbal communication skills Generic skill assessed Communication Skill assessment level Assessment Task 3: Final Exam Goal: To demonstrate current knowledge of the theory of human nutrition and dietetics and related practice Product: Final exam to be sat during official central examination period Format: Written exam of 2 hours duration. Criteria Demonstrates accurate knowledge of paediatric nutrition, the nutritional consequences and medical nutritional therapy of chronic diseases and nutritional disorders, and the relevant drug nutrient interactions. Uses best evidence to apply the nutrition care process to the medical nutritional therapy of individuals with chronic diseases and nutritional disorders Generic skill assessed Skill assessment level Problem solving

5 Page Additional assessment requirements Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale c) You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct Blackboard As a student enrolled in this course you will have access to course information on the Blackboard site. You are strongly recommended to log onto the course site on a regular basis. All course announcements, course changes, posting of course materials and grades (via My Interim Results) will be accessed through Blackboard. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate internet access (either off campus or oncampus) in order to access Blackboard regularly and to complete required assessment tasks. Safe Assign In order to minimise incidents of plagiarism and collusion, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks are submitted electronically via Safe Assign. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work that Safe Assign has access to. If required, details of how to submit via Safe Assign will be provided on the Blackboard site of the course. 5.4 Submission penalties Late submission of assessment tasks will be penalised at the following maximum rate: 5% (of the assessment task s identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 10% (of the assessment task s identified value) for the third day 20% (of the assessment task s identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome. 6. How is the course offered? 6.1 Directed study hours s 24 hours Practical Placement (1 hour per semester) Tutorials 24 hours 6.2 Teaching semester/session(s) offered Semester 1 each year

6 6.3 Course activities Teaching What key Week / concepts/content will I Module learn? 1 Introduction to course Review of the Nutrition Care Process Page 6 What activities will I engage in to learn the concepts/content? Directed Study Activities Independent Study Activities 2 Diet History Interview skills 3 Obesity and Weight management 4 Diabetes Mellitus 5 Cardiovascular disease 6 Common GI disorders 7 Coeliac disease and Irritable bowel syndrome 8 Malnutrition 9 Drug-nutrient interactions & Diet History interview skills 10 Paediatric Nutrition Section 1.1 Blackboard readings Section , Best practice guidelines Section 7.12, Best practice guidelines Section , Best practice guidelines Section 7.4.3; 7.4.6; Blackboard readings Section 7.4.7, Best practice guidelines Section 6.2, Best practice guidelines Section 5.3 Section 3.8 Blackboard readings 11 Hospital visit hospital visit 12 Diet history interview skills practice 13 Teaching Activities replaced by Interview exam Weeks 2-12: You will attend the USC Nutrition Clinic for approximately 1 hour during semester, at a time you are free of all class commitments. This time will be allocated by course co-ordinator and the Nutrition Clinic Manager and a timetable will be provided at the beginning of semester.

7 Page 7 Please note that the course activities may be subject to variation. 7. What resources do I need to undertake this course? 7.1 Prescribed text(s) Please note that you need to have regular access to the resource(s) listed below: Author Year Title Publisher Gandy, J. 2014, 5 th Edition Wiley Blackwell Stewart, R Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, 3 rd Edition School of Public Health, Griffith University 7.2 Required and recommended readings Lists of required and recommended readings may be found for this course on its Blackboard site. These materials/readings will assist you in preparing for workshops and assignments, and will provide further information regarding particular aspects of your course. 7.3 Specific requirements Nil 7.4 Risk management There is minimal health and safety risk in this course. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with the Health and Safety policies and procedures applicable within campus areas. 8. How can I obtain help with my studies? In the first instance you should contact your tutor, then the Course Coordinator. Student Life and Learning provides additional assistance to all students through Peer Advisors and Academic Skills Advisors. You can drop in or book an appointment. To book: Tel: or studentlifeandlearning@usc.edu.au 9. Links to relevant University policies and procedures For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including: Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs Review of Assessment and Final Grades Supplementary Assessment Administration of Central Examinations Deferred Examinations Student Academic Misconduct Students with a Disability Faculty specific information General enquiries Student Central - Building C Tel: Fax: Studentcentral@usc.edu.au