Dietitians are essential for the effective management of multiple diseases and key members of the MDT. As part of professional practice, students will need to work autonomously and deliver dietetic care safely and effectively. In this module they will consolidate prior learning to facilitate autonomy in a range of advanced disease states and conditions prior to placement 3. Topics will include: 


	Model and Process of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice including nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, planning nutrition intervention, delivery nutrition intervention, monitoring, rehabilitation and evaluation   
	

	Clinical Reasoning  
	

	Estimation of dietary intake and nutritional status   
	

	The legal and ethical boundaries of practice  
	

	Communication Skills and Documentation including person-centeredness and co-production of care and psychological impact of chronic complex disease    
	

	Dietetic management in a range of conditions, examples include: Critical Care (i.e. ICU, stroke, sepsis), Food Allergies, bariatric surgery, HIV care, Mental Health, Dementia, Neurological, Oncology, Inherited Metabolic Disorders, End stage renal disease, Advanced liver disease and organ transplant. Both traditional and non-traditional therapy will be covered alongside the role of the advanced dietetic practitioner will be explored  
	

	Pharmacotherapy treatment of complex disease state and impact on nutritional intake and status 
	
 

Learning Outcomes:

       On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge and critically evaluate well-established principle and methods of optimising nutritional status at an individual level in patients with complex disease.  
	Comprehensively understand, analyse and use effectively a range of techniques to measure, evaluate and interpret anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data and reference standards to determine nutritional status of individuals in complex disease states and populations and their limitations.
	Critically evaluate disease-specific nutrient deficiencies and prescribe nutrients to different diagnostic groups.  
	Comprehensively understand, identify, analyse and critically review the contribution of nutrients to diet-related disease and its management.
	Develop and apply a systematic understanding and knowledge of complex disease conditions and the legal and ethical boundaries related to these and clinical practice.  
	Synthesise and formulate a suitable dietary intervention for a clinical population group.