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Module Title
Practice Placement A
Reference	HS1153	Version	1
Created	March 2023	SCQF Level	SCQF 7
Approved	June 2023	SCQF Points	15
Amended		ECTS Points	7.5

Aims of Module
To orientate students to the health and social care environment and, with supervision, provide them with an opportunity to see the Nutrition and Dietetic Care Process in action and practice a number of the steps with service users, demonstrating appropriate communication, information gathering and professional values.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1	Describe the nutrition and dietetic care model and process.
2	Demonstrate observation skills essential for assessment and information gathering.
3	Demonstrate consistent professional behaviour in accordance with legal and ethical boundaries, HCPC requirements and local standards.
4	Demonstrate appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

Indicative Module Content
This practice based module will focus on experiential learning, within health and social care settings, involving dietetic practice, professional discussion and reflective activities supporting connections between theory and practice relevant to the stage of learning of the student. Application of safe practice including mandatory training and protocols: Equality and Diversity; Manual Handling; Violence and aggression; Basic Life Support. Consent. Professional practice, standards, policies and procedures. Nutrition and Dietetic Care Model and Process; Professionalism, Communication, identification of nutritional need and assessment, nutritional diagnosis, planning and implementing interventions, monitoring and review, quality improvement and service evaluation. Working with others. Leadership. HCPC Standards of Proficiency, HCPC Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students. Fitness to Practice. Portfolio development. Peer Assisted Learning.

Indicative Module Content

This practice based module will focus on experiential learning, within health and social care settings, involving dietetic practice, professional discussion and reflective activities supporting connections between theory and practice relevant to the stage of learning of the student. Application of safe practice including mandatory training and protocols: Equality and Diversity; Manual Handling; Violence and aggression; Basic Life Support. Consent. Professional practice, standards, policies and procedures. Nutrition and Dietetic Care Model and Process; Professionalism, Communication, identification of nutritional need and assessment, nutritional diagnosis, planning and implementing interventions, monitoring and review, quality improvement and service evaluation. Working with others. Leadership. HCPC Standards of Proficiency, HCPC Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students. Fitness to Practice. Portfolio development. Peer Assisted Learning.

Module Delivery
This is a work based practice module undertaken in both the University campus and dietetic practice settings. Practice settings have been approved for placement provision and are monitored by the Scottish Cluster Dietetic Placements group.

Indicative Student Workload	Full Time	Part Time
Contact Hours	N/A	N/A
Non-Contact Hours	N/A	N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours	150	N/A
TOTAL	150	N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body	150

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type:	Practical Exam	Weighting:	100%	Outcomes Assessed:	1, 2, 3, 4
Description:	Practice Based Learning assessed as a competence via portfolio of evidence by the Practice Educator in the dietetic practice setting.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
This module is assessed on a pass/fail basis. Competence is based on assessment of the portfolio within the Practice Placement setting as detailed below.
Module Grade	Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
Pass	Student has achieved a pass in all placement learning outcomes
Fail	Student has failed in one or more placement learning outcomes
NS	Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module	Completion of modules in Stage 1 of the Master of Dietetics HS1128, HS1147,PL1010,HS1146,PL1026,HS2161,HS1152
Corequisites for module	None.
Precluded Modules	None.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
This placement will form part of the evidence of satisfactory completion of 1,000 hours of practice education required by the British Dietetic Association. Placement A is credit rated, but no grade is attributed to the module.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1	Placement A Student Portfolio (2022/23) Dietetic Placement Portfolios & Profiles \| Dietetic Placements Scotland \| RGU Accessed April 2023.
2	British Dietetic Association (2021) Model and Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice 2021-BDA-Model-and-Process-for-Nutrition-and-Dietetic-Practice.pdf Accessed April 2023.
3	GANDY, J., ed., 2019. Manual of Dietetic practice. 6th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
4	Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency Dietitians (2013) Dietitians

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

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