NUTR29004 - Placement: ICM Networking and Practice Modules

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General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will complete a 6 week professional placement in a regional healthcare setting. The purpose of this placement is to provide you with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate the Course Learning Outcomes and the National Competency Standards (Dietitians Australia, 2021) specifically in a setting where you are managing the dietetics care of individuals who are more medically or socially complex. Working in this setting it will be important to critically reflect on your scope of practice and seek appropriate clinical supervision and support as required. This placement is also designed to provide you with the opportunity to build your professional network so after graduation you can continue to seek dietetics expertise when required. This unit also includes self-directed practice modules across the broader landscape of dietetics to help you to prepare for the workforce. You are required to complete two modules aligned with your internship and career preferences.

Details

Level Postgraduate
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:

  • NUTR29002 Medical Nutrition Therapy and Practice 1
  • NUTR29012 Dietetic Counselling and Communication

As WIL units are completed sequentially rather than simultaneously, this unit can only be completed alone or together with other WIL units within CL88/CM61 including: 

NUTR29011 Placement: Community and Public Health Nutrition

NUTR29013 Placement: Regional/Rural/Remote

NUTR29008 Placement: Nutrition Research in Practice

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026


Attendance Requirements

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

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 Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Professional Practice Placement 0%
2. Portfolio 0%
3. Online resource/s 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.

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

No previous feedback available

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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.

Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Communicate effectively with persons/carers receiving expert dietetics care from various cultural, socioeconomic, organisation and professional backgrounds, using strengths-based language to build trust, support behaviour change and improve health outcomes.
  2. Systematically examine the best available evidence using ethical principles and critical thinking to effectively manage complex care situations.
  3. Critically implement the Nutrition Care Process using evidenced based practice, clinical reasoning and a socioecological systems-based approach to provide dietetics care within an expert dietetics service using clinical supervision or shared care to ensure safe practice.
  4. Collaborate inclusively and equitably with patients/carers, health professionals and community services, including First Nation's partners, to provide relationship focused care navigating the complexities of the healthcare system and extending their professional network.
  5. Demonstrate professionalism across all areas of dietetics practice, including a commitment to excellence, feedback literacy, and initiative enabling competence to navigate possible healthcare challenges, including the delivery of culturally safe care.
  6. Critically appraise and initiate evidence and strengths-based approaches in First Nations health care, valuing First Nations ways of knowing, being and doing in the delivery of dietetics care.
  7. Critically reflect on your current practice against the national competency standards and identify areas for ongoing professional development.

Learning outcomes of this unit are linked to the following domains of the 2021 National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia.

  • Domain 1: Professional Practice
  • Domain 2: Expert Practice
  • Domain 3: Research Practice
  • Domain 4: Collaborative Practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Professional Practice Placement • • • • • •
2 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
3 - Online resource/s •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • •
4 - Research • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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