Students work closely with other primary care providers. The student integrates their knowledge and skill from previous courses to become competent as entry-level dietitian practitioners. This course includes the review of current timely issues and interpretation of the latest published and reported research. Students will critique media credibility, legislative issues, the legislative process, and ethics as related to the funding and use of community nutrition systems, and issues related to ethnic and cultural diversity. This supervised clinical nutrition therapy experience guides students as they build on their knowledge and skills to become competent as entry-level dietitian practitioners.
Students work with designated preceptors.
This is an opportunity to develop skills in providing dietetic services in acute care, long term care and ambulatory care settings. They will function as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team. The student integrates content from the nutrition therapy supervised experience of NFS 497. Students work with designated preceptors. Students are required to review and interpret current timely issues of nutrition and dietetic research.