Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
NUTR 4920 - Nutrition Counseling Practicum
Offers the opportunity for students to counsel client(s) in a one-on-one and group format under the supervision of a registered dietitian; including assessment, treatment, evaluation and follow-up in out-patient care.
Requisites: C or better in NUTR 3100 and 3600
Credit Hours: 1
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 practicum
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Deliver a nutrition education presentation for a target population.
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills during the counseling process.
- Interpret medical, anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, dietary data throughout the counseling process.
- Provide individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy to clients consistent with cultural, socioeconomic, and physiological influences
- Utilize information technology in the Nutrition Care Process.
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