Personal, Professional and Ethical Perspectives in Nutrition Practice
UndergraduateLTU-DTN3132027
Course information for 2027 intake
Strengthen the personal and ethical foundations of nutrition practice. Build self-awareness, professional boundaries and culturally responsive decision-making through reflection, cases and client-centred care.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 21 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 1 Mar 2027
- Price from
- $1,235
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Personal, Professional and Ethical Perspectives in Nutrition Practice
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply advanced communication and professional judgement in unfamiliar practice contexts, informed by broad disciplinary knowledge, reflective practice and culturally responsive principles.
- Demonstrate autonomy, inquiry, and adaptability by exercising critical thinking and professional judgement to independently analyse and respond to complex challenges in nutrition practice environments.
- Demonstrate critically reflective ethical reasoning to maintain professional boundaries and enact culturally responsive nutrition practice practice when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other diverse communities.
- Apply self-awareness and self-leadership by critically examining personal values, biases, and cultural positioning to support ethical, reflective and effective nutrition practice.
- Becoming a Nutrition Professional
- Professional Communication
- Ethics and Professional Boundaries
- Ethical Decision Making in Practice
- Cultural Safety and Inclusive Practice
- Working with Diverse Communities
- Reflective Practice & Self-awareness
- Managing Complex Professional Practice
- Career Planning & Employability
- Leadership & Lifelong Learning
- Transition to Practice
In this subject you will develop personal insight, professional capabilities, and ethical frameworks essential for reflective, sustainable, and culturally responsive nutrition practice. This subject places a strong emphasis on your personal and professional growth, helping you build self-awareness, resilience, and self-leadership. An ethical lens is integrated throughout the subject, with particular attention to ethical decision-making, maintaining professional boundaries, and practising cultural safety and responsiveness, especially when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other diverse communities. Through self-reflection, case studies, and scenario analysis, you’ll strengthen your ability to deliver client-centred, evidence-based care while meeting the core competency domains of the Nutrition Society of Australia, particularly those related to communication and professional conduct.
This subject includes professional learning, practical experiences or portfolio activities which contribute to the completion of the Silver Career Ready AdvantageTM award.
- Portfolio (2000 words equivalent) (55%)
- 1250-word case study analysis and reflective journal (30%)
- 5 minute oral presentation (500 word equivalent) (15%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HUN-DEG-2027 - Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HBFN and have completed 180 credit points.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
UndergraduateLAT-HUN-DEG