HNUT40170

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you will be able to:
• Evaluate situations for moral and ethical issues associated with professional nutrition practice,
• Use those evaluations to justify a course of action and ensure adequate safeguards are maintained; and
• Develop a portfolio of evidence to support continued professional development and career planning.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will cover: the principles of professional practice, professional practice standards, documenting professional practice, responsibilities of professional practice, ethics in practice, core competencies in nutrition, career planning and professional development.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy Invalid Option

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

AT1 Ethical practice assignment will allow students to submit a draft for formative assessment. Post-assessment individual and group level feedback will be delivered, which students can then apply to their final summative assessment. AT2 will require students to self-assess their final presentation and peers to provide feedback on this presentation. Post-assessment feedback will be group and individual. AT3 will require students to submit reflections and self-assessment work throughout the semester. The final portfolio is assessed and the students will receive individual and group-level feedback post-assessment.