Foundation Dietary Practice provides you with the opportunity to effectively demonstrate clinical and public communication skills, through informing and educating clients and the public about nutrition and health promotion. The education you will provide will give clients the tools to make informed choices and be educated around relevant aspects health and topics of their interest. This is not an advice or a personalised service, but a starting point for clients to make good choices and start their nutrition journey. You are not expected to give reasons for symptoms but general education around what symptoms may be encouraged or improved with. This is an opportunity for you to start providing nutrition consultations as a Dietary Educator before you are qualified in Nutritional Therapy, if you go on to complete your Dietary Educator certificate.
You will undertake a series of dietary educator role plays. In addition, you will upload the report that you prepared for one fo the role plays case and write a reflection detailing your experience of the process.
If you have completed the BSc Hons Nutrition Science course you will be exempt from the Dietary Educator Consultation as you will have demonstrated these outcomes during level 4.
- Module Leader: Zoe Kay