Dietetics, MDiet (Hons)

Course summary

Stand out from the crowd with an integrated masters in dietetics. Our full-time, four-year programme offers a challenging and rewarding study experience that will develop your practice, leadership, management and research skills to promote progression in your dietetic career. This programme is committed to inter-professional collaboration in both education and practice and allows you to start your career with enhanced clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills.This course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council.

• Four year integrated masters programme.

• The programme is delivered by a team of well published, internationally recognised, research active academics who are developing the future dietetic profession.

• Experience practice placements in each of the first three years, gaining experience in a range of different clinical and community settings, including unique specialist placements in paediatrics and mental health.

• Train and practice your professional healthcare skills in an inspiring purpose-built environment, InterCity Place.

• Develop coaching and mentoring skills by supporting the delivery of our in-house nutrition clinic in your final year.

• Develop leadership roles for sustainability and explore an emerging range of professional opportunities for dietitians beyond our traditional role, including freelance and private practice, the world of media and social enterprise.

• Experience interprofessional learning throughout the programme.

• Opportunities to select modules, which align to your career aspirations.

Please note: in order to successfully complete your course and be eligible to apply for a professional registration you must pass all practice based placement competencies along with your theoretical study. This is a requirement of the HCPC. You will only be able to take personal holidays during the specified leave periods for your course. This includes induction week where it is vital you attend all sessions.

Modules

In your first year, you will study psychosocial aspects of patient care, biochemistry, physiology, food science, and human nutrition to underpin modules in dietetics and applied nutrition in subsequent years. Sharing teaching with other health professions during part of the year helps you to understand the need for multi-professional working. You will learn how to critically appraise evidence and be introduced to the importance of public health nutrition. You will spend two weeks in your first supervised placement.In your second year, you will work on an integrated and innovative series of problem-based learning exercises to extend the depth and breadth of your knowledge in nutrition, dietetics and clinical sciences. An understanding of immunology and pharmacology will be developed. You will undertake 12 weeks of supervised clinical practice to enable you to develop the confidence and personal skills required to work as a dietitian. We will introduce you to the concepts of professional studies, providing learning opportunities for problem solving with other healthcare professionals.In your third year, you will develop skills to work with more complex patients and study emerging issues in clinical nutrition. An understanding of the principles of sustainable leadership, digital marketing and effective management skills will be embedded. You will work on an in-depth research project design in an area of personal interest related to dietetics or nutrition. Your final clinical placement will have a strong patient focus, emphasis being on professional mastery and fitness for practice required for employment and registration as a dietitian with the HCPC.In your final year you will focus on leadership and mentorship skills exploring innovations in healthcare so preparing you to be leaders of the future. You will undertake an individual supervised research project in an area of your choice. You will focus on the complexities and consequences of malnutrition in a range of clinical settings and have the opportunity to study either the management of long term conditions or applied sports nutrition.The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.

Assessment method

For up to date details, please refer to our website or contact the institution directly.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Health and Care Professions Council
• British Dietetic Association

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS

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In your first year, you will study psychosocial aspects of patient care, biochemistry, physiology, food science, and human nutrition to underpin modules in dietetics and applied nutrition in subsequent years. Sharing teaching with other health professions during part of the year helps you to understand the need for multi-professional working. You will learn how to critically appraise evidence and be introduced to the importance of public health nutrition. You will spend two weeks in your first supervised placement. In your second year, you will work on an integrated and innovative series of problem-based learning exercises to extend the depth and breadth of your knowledge in nutrition, dietetics and clinical sciences. An understanding of immunology and pharmacology will be developed. You will undertake 12 weeks of supervised clinical practice to enable you to develop the confidence and personal skills required to work as a dietitian. We will introduce you to the concepts of professional studies, providing learning opportunities for problem solving with other healthcare professionals. In your third year, you will develop skills to work with more complex patients and study emerging issues in clinical nutrition. An understanding of the principles of sustainable leadership, digital marketing and effective management skills will be embedded. You will work on an in-depth research project design in an area of personal interest related to dietetics or nutrition. Your final clinical placement will have a strong patient focus, emphasis being on professional mastery and fitness for practice required for employment and registration as a dietitian with the HCPC. In your final year you will focus on leadership and mentorship skills exploring innovations in healthcare so preparing you to be leaders of the future. You will undertake an individual supervised research project in an area of your choice. You will focus on the complexities and consequences of malnutrition in a range of clinical settings and have the opportunity to study either the management of long term conditions or applied sports nutrition. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.