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On completion of this module you will be able to discuss critically:
● the changes in nutritional requirements in various disease states
● the evidence linking foods, nutrients and dietary patterns to the aetiology of major diet-related diseases
● the role of diet in management and prevention of various disease
● various methods of nutritional assessment in the context of different disease states
and
● understand and compile therapeutic diets for various diseases states.
This module will cover: the principles of clinical nutrition, nutritional assessment, nutritional support, nutritional management of disease, dietary management of overnutrition, dietary management of diabetes, dietary management of undernutrition in older people, allergies, paediatrics, coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome, and cardiovascular disease.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 101 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Presentation | Week 8 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ4 is a set of 10 questions | Week 11 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ1 is a set of 10 ques | Week 3 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ2 is a set of 10 questions | Week 6 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Assignment: Individual case study report | Week 12 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Group Project: Fact sheet | Week 7 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ3 is a set of 10 questions | Week 9 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
The MCQs will provide students with online automated feedback on their understanding of learning materials as the semester progresses. The Fact Sheet and associated Presentation will provide peer review activities within the process of preparing the fact sheet and associated presentation. Post-assessment students will receive group-level feedback. The Case Study will have self-assessment as part of the final assessment submission. Post-assessment the student will receive individual and group-level feedback.
Name | Role |
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Professor Eileen Gibney | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Clare Corish | Tutor |
Anna Delahunt | Tutor |
Ms Nicola Dervan | Tutor |
Pauline Dunne | Tutor |
Dr Fiona Lalor | Tutor |
Cathal O'Hara | Tutor |