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Module Title
Practice Placement B
Reference	HS3127	Version	2
Created	April 2020	SCQF Level	SCQF 9
Approved	August 2018	SCQF Points	30
Amended	June 2020	ECTS Points	15

Aims of Module
To prepare and provide students with the ability to appraise and integrate academic theory with the practical skills required of a Dietitian in professional situations, under appropriate supervision and guidance. To enable students to apply a person centred management approach and demonstrate professional values to all service users.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1	Assess service users to determine their needs; plan, apply, and modify treatment; and demonstrate safe practice.
2	Discuss clinical reasoning in relation to assessment findings and response to treatment.
3	Communicate effectively with service users, carers, Practice Educators and appropriate members of the interprofessional team, understand own role and that of others within the team, demonstrating management of own workload.
4	Explain service users' health improvement needs and implement strategies using an enabling approach with appropriate goals.
5	Demonstrate the values and attitudes required of a dietitian, displaying professionalism at all times, and identifying areas for professional development.

Indicative Module Content
This practice-learning based module will include experiential learning. Application of safe practice including mandatory training and protocols. Professional practice, standards, policies and procedures. Assessment, treatment and management of service users. Clinical reasoning, problem solving, enablement and goal setting. Use of relevant professional documentation. Shared decision making. Transferring knowledge and skills from academic modules and the available evidence base to support practice. Communication with service users, educators, tutors, interdisciplinary team members, support staff and other relevant parties. Care, compassion respect and empathy. Team working, time management, administrative duties, organisation. Reflection, personal and professional development and learning opportunities, and contracts. HCPC and BDA. Nutrition and Dietetics Care model and process. Portfolio development. Fitness to Practice.

Indicative Module Content

This practice-learning based module will include experiential learning. Application of safe practice including mandatory training and protocols. Professional practice, standards, policies and procedures. Assessment, treatment and management of service users. Clinical reasoning, problem solving, enablement and goal setting. Use of relevant professional documentation. Shared decision making. Transferring knowledge and skills from academic modules and the available evidence base to support practice. Communication with service users, educators, tutors, interdisciplinary team members, support staff and other relevant parties. Care, compassion respect and empathy. Team working, time management, administrative duties, organisation. Reflection, personal and professional development and learning opportunities, and contracts. HCPC and BDA. Nutrition and Dietetics Care model and process. Portfolio development. Fitness to Practice.

Module Delivery
This is a work based practice module in a dietetic practice setting, which has been approved for placement provision, and monitored, by the Scottish Cluster Dietetic Placements group. Workshops to prepare students for the supervised placement setting and assessment methodology.

Indicative Student Workload	Full Time	Part Time
Contact Hours	10	N/A
Non-Contact Hours	N/A	N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours	290	N/A
TOTAL	300	N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body	450

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type:	Coursework	Weighting:	100%	Outcomes Assessed:	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Description:	Component 1 is assessed as a competence via portfolio of evidence by the Practice Educator in the dietetic practice setting. The assessment consists of supervised assessed practice and pieces of written work as determined by the Scottish Cluster Dietetic Placements group. The students and his/her Practice Educator carry out an ongoing review of progress and a portfolio is compiled throughout the placement.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
Placement portfolio assessing placement learning outcomes B1-B7 comprises 100% of the module grade. Achievement of placement learning outcomes will demonstrate achievement of module learning outcomes.
Module Grade	Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
Pass	Student has achieved a pass in all placement learning outcomes B1-B7
Fail	Student has failed in one, or more, placement learning outcome(s) B1-B7
NS	Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module	None.
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. Students on placement and practice educators will normally receive one liaison contact from a member of academic staff to integrate academic based studies with practice-based experience, monitor students' progress and contribute to formative feedback/feed forward advice. Additional contacts may be arranged as necessary. Placement B is credit rated, but no grade is attributed to the module. Students can normally only be allocated a maximum of 500 additional hours across the all practice placements and the additional hours for each practice placement cannot be more than the original placement length.

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. Students on placement and practice educators will normally receive one liaison contact from a member of academic staff to integrate academic based studies with practice-based experience, monitor students' progress and contribute to formative feedback/feed forward advice. Additional contacts may be arranged as necessary. Placement B is credit rated, but no grade is attributed to the module. Students can normally only be allocated a maximum of 500 additional hours across the all practice placements and the additional hours for each practice placement cannot be more than the original placement length.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1	BRITISH DIETETIC ASSOCIATION, 2013. A Curriculum framework for the pre-registration education and training of Dietitians. Birmingham: BDA.
2	GANDY, J., 2014. Manual of dietetic practice, 5th ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
3	SHAW, V, 2015. Clinical Paediatric Dietetics, 4th Edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
4	HEALTH AND CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (HCPC), 2013. Standards of Proficiency: Dietitians. London: HCPC.
5	HEALTH AND CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (HCPC), 2016. Guidance on conduct and ethics for students. London: HCPC.
6	BRITISH DIETETIC ASSOCIATION, 2016. Model and Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice. Birmingham: BDA.
7	LAWRENCE, J, et al., 2016. Dietetic and Nutrition Case Studies, 1st ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

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