XNH448-1 Leadership in Nutrition and Dietetics Practice

Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

Leadership, advocacy and entrepreneurship are key requirements for competent professional practice. This is true across all domains of clinical dietetic practice, individual dietetic case management, foodservice management, community and public health nutrition. This capstone unit provides you with opportunities to reflect on your whole of course experience, and to develop your career plans.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Interpret professional codes of ethical practice as applied in diverse contexts [XN45 CLO-4]
2. Apply critical and creative thinking to effective problem solving around professional issues [XN45 CLO-1,2,3,4]
3. Demonstrate capacity for self-directed lifelong learning [XN45 CLO-1,4,]
4. Apply principles of management and entrepreneurship in nutrition and dietetic services. [XN45 CLO-2,4]
5. Identify the qualities of leadership as applied in a professional context. [XN45 CLO-4,5]
6. Demonstrate competence as an entry level dietitian [XN45 CLO-1,2,3,4,5]

Content

Learning Approaches

At the beginning of the year you will map a personalised learning plan so you can complete your WIL commitments and participate in a series of workshops, seminars and online forums offered flexibly across the year (in conjunction with the second multi-component unit XNH448-2). In this unit you will be provided the opportunity to engage with leaders in the profession in the form of guest lecturer presentations and workshops. This unit will conclude with an end of course conference and networking event to celebrate your accomplishments and showcase achievements across the final year of the program to other members of the nutrition and dietetic profession and student peers across all years of the program. During this time you will be given the opportunity to participate in focus groups and other evaluations to reflect and provide feedback on your 'whole of course' experience.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Formative feedback on components of your e-portfolio will be provided by academic staff and WIL supervisors as you progress through this unit in workshops and on WIL. Areas identified in need of improvement will be discussed with you prior to submission of your final e-portfolio.
For your professional plans, you will be provided with formative feedback from your peers and academic staff in the form of an online discussion on your draft business pitch prior to submission of your final work. For your poster presentation you will be able to discuss your selected topic and how you will approach the presentation with your academic staff and will receive grades using the criteria sheet as well as written and recorded verbal comments. You will be encouraged to speak to your unit coordinator with any questions or concerns about the assessment items. Responses to frequently asked questions will be made available to all students through Canvas announcements.

Assessment

Overview

Information included on Canvas provides detailed criteria and tasks for completion of the assessment. Students are encouraged to check their work against the criteria to ensure all aspects are completed. This multi-component unit will provide feedback on the assessment pieces due in XNH448-2 and is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Work in both this unit and XNH448-2 must be completed to obtain final credit points. If you are at risk of an unsatisfactory grade you will be provided with formative feedback and support systems to give you the opportunity to demonstrate satisfactory progress towards competence.

Your final grade for XNH448-2 will be applied to XNH448-1 so that both unit components contribute to your Honours grade.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale and S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Portfolio

You will prepare a personalised e-portfolio to demonstrate your leadership and excellence as an evidenced based ethical nutrition and dietetics health professional. Your e-portfolio will include samples of evidence of your competence from your WIL units along with other artefacts of initiatives and activities you have engaged in along the course of your study that highlight your unique attributes as a creative, reflexive and culturally responsive nutrition professional. Your portfolio will include your personalised learning plan. In semester 1, you will be provided formative feedback on your e-portfolio with recommendations given for improvement. In XNH448-2 you will present components of your e-portfolio at the end of year Nutrition and Dietetics conference for summative assessment of the multi-component unit.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Professional Plans

You will prepare a business plan for a business concept for a nutrition and dietetic service or product that you will develop across the year. You will present your work in a pitch, early in the year, where you will be provided formative feedback from your peers, external partners and academic staff prior to finalising your full business concept as an infographic, to be displayed in the end of year Nutrition and Dietetics conference. You will form groups of three to complete this assessment. Group (maximum 3 people per group).

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: Poster Presentation

You will to prepare a professional conference abstract and poster demonstrating quality in nutrition and dietetic services based on your own WIL activities. You will be provided with an opportunity to discuss with academic and WIL supervisors how you approach the task prior to submission for final assessment. In XNH448-1 you will be required to identify your activity and provide a draft abstract for formative feedback. You will present your poster at the end of year Nutrition and Dietetics conference and be encouraged to submit your approved abstract at the relevant upcoming professional conference and/or event.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.