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Qualification PGCert Advanced Dietetic Practice
Duration Part time 21 Months
Entry requirements Candidates will be required to be a Registered dietitian with the Health Professions Council, (this will not be required if you are an international applicant), together with at least 2:2 Honours degree or the international equivalent.
IELTS 6.5 (no less than 6.0 in any element)
If these grades are not met, English preparatory courses are available
Start date September and January
Campus Sutton Bonington Campus
School/department
School of Biosciences
Tuition fees You can find fee information on our fees table.
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Nottingham
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University Of Nottingham, NG7 2RD
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Tamsin
4.0
20/11/2018
What I would highlight:The university is amazing with great academics as well as social facilities.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Fahima
5.0
17/11/2018
What I would highlight:The university is amazing but lacks few facilities like spar and clubs at the campus.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Zoltan
5.0
14/11/2018
What I would highlight:The university should update the process to access information for the students and they should look after better welfare.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
James
5.0
10/11/2018
What I would highlight:The employees of the university are really amazing and I loved the beautiful campus with an amazing atmosphere.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Andrew
4.0
08/11/2018
What I would highlight:The beautiful campus becomes more amazing with the lovely people around.
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Finn
5.0
02/11/2018
What I would highlight:The campus is amazing and the university offers great facilities. Special the geography department pleased me with great quality education.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Gareth
5.0
09/10/2018
What I would highlight:I loved the university of Nottingham, just want this amazing facilities never stops.
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Peter
5.0
03/09/2018
What I would highlight:The campus is beautifully designed and they offer amazing academic as well as extracurricular activities.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Paul
5.0
16/08/2018
What I would highlight:The beautifully organised university offers amazing academic and other facilities and the campus is not far from the town which makes the convenience easy. The students union is amazing and works for the students actively.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Kirsty
4.0
04/08/2018
What I would highlight:The campus of this university is beautiful and their facilities are amazing.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Craig
5.0
12/07/2018
What I would highlight:Enjoying my course with the amazing facilities of the university.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Nicholas
5.0
30/06/2018
What I would highlight:Loved the university and wish I could enjoy the beautiful experience again.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Fionn
4.0
30/06/2018
What I would highlight:The university is good but they should improve their facilities.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Inosi
4.0
05/06/2018
What I would highlight:During my degree studies at the University of Nottingham, I enjoyed the course structure along with other facilities of the university.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Roy
5.0
24/05/2018
What I would highlight:Enjoying the beautiful campus with amazing facilities.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Lisa
4.0
19/05/2018
What I would highlight:The facilities of the university are awesome and enjoyed the experience at this university with amazing facilities but they should bother about the mental health of few students and the halls.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Kymber
5.0
14/02/2018
What I would highlight:The Newark hall doesn’t offer any good service. The students are very misbehaving and disturbing with shouting and alcohol. The management doesn’t bother to fix this issue.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Tatiana
4.0
12/02/2018
What I would highlight:Being considered as an inferior university the University of Trent offers amazing facilities like good academics, great faculties and teaching method, amazing staff. My experience of doing my degree at Trent was nice but not happy with the University of Nottingham is a famous university could not satisfy me with their facilities mainly the students served.
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Dave
5.0
26/01/2018
What I would highlight:Except for the student services the other facilities are great at this university.
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Would you recommend this course?:Yes
Mark
5.0
24/01/2018
What I would highlight:My dual honours course at this university didn’t give me a good experience because I had back to back classes for the course which didn’t give me to breathe.
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Subjects
Nutrition
Diabetes
Obesity
Communication Training
Public
Public Health
Communication Skills
International
School
Course programme
Overview
This programme will give you the opportunity to develop critical thinking, problem solving and reflective practice skills at one of the University's most successful schools.
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Course details
Modules
Please note that module availability may change from year to year and different modules may be available from those detailed below.
Core modules
Professional Practice 1 (20 credits)
Designed to provide a work based learning opportunity, enabling the learner to evaluate dietetic practice critically and to adopt a reflective and critical approach to your work which will benefit your practice and that of your department. Taught content is minimal.
Professional Practice 2 (20 credits)
Designed to provide a work based learning opportunity, enabling the learner to demonstrate an improvement in professional practice expertise. You will also develop high level skills in experiential and reflective learning as a basis for lifelong learning and demonstrate an ability to recognise self transformation and self direction through the development of a learning contract. Taught content is minimal.
Research Strategies in Healthcare (20 credits) - Masters & Dip only
This module is designed to enable health and community care practitioners to develop their skills of critical review and knowledge of research methods appropriate to their field of practice. The course equips you with knowledge concerning the importance of theoretical paradigms, research design, sampling strategies, data collection and analysis methodologies to healthcare research. It also focuses on the development of advanced search skills and the ability to integrate research findings into clinical practice.
Optional modules
Please note that module availability may change from year to year and different modules may be available from those detailed below.
Understanding and Changing Behaviour (20 credits)
Introduces fundamental concepts from biological, individual differences, cognitive, social and developmental psychology and their contribution to the understanding of health behaviour. You will also explore the health practitioner's role in understanding and changing health behaviour.
Enhancing Communication Skills for One-to-One Client Consultations (20 credits)
This module is designed to provide an understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and evidence base associated with the fundamental skills of one to one communication with clients. You will develop communication skills for use in one to one client consultations and develop your ability to reflect on practice and identify areas for future development.
Advanced Communication Skills for One-to-One Client Consultations (20 credits)
Opportunity to develop issues above.
Paediatric Nutrition (20 credits)
A comprehensive understanding of the role of diet of children and young people and their requirements in health and disease, including the treatment of diseases like obesity, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria, allergy, eating disorders and cancer with nutritional therapy.
Renal Nutrition (20 credits)
A comprehensive understanding of the role of diet and other treatments in the management of renal disease (chronic renal failure, end stage renal failure, acute renal failure and nephritic syndrome).
Public Health Nutrition Management (20 credits)
Taking examples of current national and local public health policy strategies and initiatives, this module provides an understanding of their management: planning, management of resources, and practical considerations in a range of settings, evaluation and implementation. You will study the development of values, standards, guidelines and agreed practices.
Public Health Nutrition Policy (20 credits)
An introductory understanding of the role of the health and social care professionals in the community in relation to strategic planning and nutrition policy in public health.
Obesity Management (20 credits)
Designed to increase awareness of the complexity of obesity from the point of view of both the patient and practitioner. Also to develop greater understanding of the tools, skills and strategies available to treat obesity, the evidence base for their use and their practical application.
Nutrition Support (20 credits)
Explores nutrition support strategies and provides dietitians with skills and knowledge to design, assess and monitor routine enteral and parenteral feeding regimens.
Advanced Clinical Supervisory Skills (20 credits)
The course is designed to enable students to have an understanding of the concept of learning and how it applies to clinical supervision of dietetic students.
Clinical Supervision (20 credits)
This module considers the evidence base associated with effective learning on placement, develop skills for use in placement supervision and enhance ability to reflect on practice.
Diabetes I (20 credits)
You will further your knowledge and understanding of the current trends and evidence base underpinning the dietary management of people with diabetes in order for you to achieve the competencies required to support more specialist skills. This module is aimed at the band 5 practitioner who is new to working in the area of diabetes.
Diabetes II (20 credits)
This module is designed for the practitioner who is working at band 6 level and already has a reasonable level of experience of working with people with diabetes.
The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. This list is an example of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list.
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