Nutrition and Dietetics Internship PG (9301.2)

Students will participate in professional placements in areas of potential employment within the nutrition and dietetics profession.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will have gained practical experience in a variety of settings and will be able to:
1. Explore potential fields of employment not covered in previous placements;

2. Participate successfully in a Mentoring arrangement;
3. Make an autonomous contribution as a dietetics professional within a workplace; and
4. Demonstrate professionalism and culturally responsive practice.

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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
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
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline

Skills development

The Dietitians Australia National Competency Standards (DA 2021) include elements of competency that align with the Graduate Attributes (including the Indigenous Graduate Attributes).  As students make an autonomous contribution as a dietetics professional within their internship they will be required to bring the performance criteria of these professional standards into play.

Prerequisites

10137 Assessment of Dietetic Competence PG

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

8662 Food Service Practicum PG

Equivalent units

8662 Food Service Practicum PG

Assumed knowledge

None.