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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS2049 Module Title: APPLIED DIETETICS
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS2049
Level: HE2 Module Co-ordinator: ENGEL B Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Assessment Pattern
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
To prepare dietetic students for their B and C Placements by providing the necessary knowledge and skills to work in the work based setting, providing dietetic advice and education to service users and health care professionals
Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:-

  • Assess nutritional intake and plan an appropriate course of action regarding dietary and lifestyle modification
  • Design an enteral nutrition care plan for a range of clients requiring nutritional support
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the principles of NHS guidelines guidelines for specific diseases or conditions, and the application of clinical governance to professional dietetic practice
  • Discuss the relevance of ethics in dietetic practice
  • Be aware of some of the commercially available products that are used with a range of clients requiring nutritional support or with specific dietary needs
  • Prepare foods using specialised dietary products and be aware of practicalities involved
  • Summarise client information concisely yet thoroughly (including medical history, diet, social information, biochemistry, medication) in order to aid continuation or transfer of care

     

Module Content

Weeks:

 

Lecturer

 

Dietetics

 

1-2

 

BE

 

Intro to module and coursework. Enteral nutrition in context

 

 

 

 

3-4

 

PT

 

calculation of enteral feeding regimens

 

 

 

 

5-6

 

BE

 

Nutritional requirements in response to starvation and stress

 

 

 

 

7-8

 

JP

 

communication with medical team

 

 

 

 

9-10

 

BE

 

Organisation of the NHS & Audit / clinical governance

 

 

 

 

11-12

 

AG

 

Ethical issues in feeding

 

 

 

 

13 - 14

 

ABBOTT

 

Enteral feeds sip feed & supplements

 

 

 

 

15 – 16

 

HM

 

managing diabetes; medication,

 

 

 

 

17-18

 

SL

 

coeliac disease

 

 

 

 

19 – 20

 

PT (LG)

 

parenteral nutrition

 

 

 

 

21-22

 

LB

 

diet & gastrointestinal disorders

 

 

 

 

23-24

 

EB

 

diet & cancer

 

 

 

 

25-26

 

BE

 

renal & liver disease

 

 

 

 

27-28

 

 

Dietary treatment of obesity

 

 

 

 

29-30

 

BE

 

Diabetes2: GI CHO counting biochemistry - advanced

 

 

 

 

31-32

 

SHS

 

Commercial products for therapeutic diets

 

 

 

 

33-34

 

BE

 

feedback from assignments

 

Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended Text:

 

Manual of Dietetic Practice. Thomas, B. 2001, 3rd edition, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford

 

 

 

A pocket guide to clinical nutrition 3rd Edition, 2007, editors V. Todorovic,
A. Micklewright, BDA publication

 

 

Nutritional Management of Diabetes Mellitus (2003)  G Frost, A Dornhurst,
R Moses.  John Wiley and Son

 

 

Prescribing Adult Intravenous Nutrition (2007) P Austin & M Stroud. Pharmaceutical Press

 

Last Updated
19 April 2011