This module aims to introduce students to the necessity of becoming research-orientated and to think critically about nutritional science in preparation for a range of future careers. Nutrition is a far- reaching and complex field of science with a range of external influences impacting on the integrity and consistency of information available not only to scientists and researchers but to the general public.
This module aims to introduce students to the necessity of becoming research-orientated and to think critically about nutritional science in preparation for a range of future careers. Nutrition is a far- reaching and complex field of science with a range of external influences impacting on the integrity and consistency of information available not only to scientists and researchers but to the general public.
This module aims to introduce students to major classes of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical agents and their impacts on physiology and pathophysiology. Â This module will draw on the learning from Applied Pathophysiological Reasoning (CND511) providing students with an opportunity to demonstrate understanding of synergistic action of nutrients and drug/nutrient interactions through the analysis of their mechanisms of action on and physiological processes and pathophysiology. This module will review food law governing nutrition products. The module is designed to support students consider the application of nutraceutical agents at both individual and population levels. Students will develop understanding of safety issues including: upper safe limits, drug nutrient interactions and augmenting effects of nutraceutical agents and know how to check known interactions to support safe nutrition practice.
Nutrition intersects with many different professions and sectors. These intersections present an array of contemporary nutrition and health issues, including how physiological, political, economic, technical, business, societal, and regulatory factors operate within an ethical framework integrate to drive, and influence these debates. contemporary issues and debates that shape the global nutrition sector.  Students are encouraged to engage with the critical debate of issues which impact on the nutrition profession to more fully understand how they might develop and enhance their own skills and knowledge to contribute to the development and enhancement of the nutrition profession at different levels.
The aim of this module is to help students understand how the nutrition profession has developed from its inception to date. The module will encourage students to explore the roles and influences of legislation, professional and regulatory bodies and politics in the context of nutrition practice. Â By the time students take this module they will have explored a number of different aspects of nutrition practice; this module enables students to engage 50 hours of online work experience; encourages them to draw on their own experiences and those of their peers; and to identify an area of nutrition practice of personal interest and consider what the future opportunities and challenges may be for that area of nutrition practice. The module aims to introduce students to an expanded range of models of reflection to further develop their reflective skills to help them explore the type of role they may take in nutrition practice.
This course assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and will take you from the living cell through to all the human body systems. It is a prerequisite for the level 4 Physiology module.Â
The course assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and will take you from basic chemistry to the more advanced aspects of organic chemistry. It is a prerequisite for the level 4 Biochemistry module.Â
This module aims to consolidate the development of professional skills in preparation for the workplace and to increase awareness of the context of nutrition in the workplace, which may be varied and controversial. Â Through development of a thorough understanding of the health and nutrition workplace environments, including corporate, clinical practice and community-based projects within local, national and international environments, the module will provide opportunities for students to evaluate the actions required to attain their professional goals. Â This will be supported through the generation of a professional portfolio to demonstrate a range of experiences, competencies and skills in preparation for the workplace and via formulation of a network of contacts and work opportunities to enhance career options.
This module develops from CND 513 Research Methods in providing the opportunity for students to progress from concepts and planning of scientific research including ethical and resourcing issues to the execution of a piece of novel research in the form of an individual project undertaken over the course of the year. Students are expected to produce an account of their project written in the style, format and discipline compatible with published work as found in a peer reviewed scientific journal. Working within an appropriate epistemology, students are welcome to research in areas that are practical or theoretical, experimental or literature based, qualitative or quantitative, objective or phenomenological. Students must seek ethical approval for their project if it involves human participants or human data before commencing their research.
This module further develops the ideas of critical enquiry introduced at level 4. The aim of the module is to further develop student understanding of the scientific method and the statistical approaches that underpin nutritional and biomedical research, patho-physiological reasoning and evidence based practice. This module also introduces systematic search strategies, critical appraisal forms, and the tools that can be used for the statistical analysis of research data.
The Research Tutorials provide key background information on the Mechanism Review process for those students on the L7 Research Dissertation module and L6 Research Project module.Journal Club is open access to all students on the MSc/PGDip in Personalised Nutrition and to all Levels on the BSc Nutritional Science as part of the resources offered within Professional Enhancement. We will normally run two time-slots for each Journal Club. Allow 1 hr 30 mins for each journal club session.The benefit and usefulness of the Journal Clubs for everyone depends on each student making the effort to prepare for the session and contributing to the discussion.The purpose of these sessions is to give you the opportunity to practice critical analysis of papers, familiarising yourselves with completing checklists and sharing ideas/conclusions with your peer group
