Overview
This topic will enhance students’ knowledge of evidence based nutrition and dietetic practice through focusing on the basic approaches to investigating nutritional health and diet-related disease states in individuals and populations, and the application of these in the field of nutrition and dietetics. After an introduction to basic methods of … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Aims
- Provide an opportunity for students to design a research study to address a research question in human nutrition and dietetics
- Extend skills in scientific writing and presentation
- Foster an appreciation for lifelong learning and evidence based practice in human nutrition and dietetics within a professional development framework
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Develop a detailed research proposal collaboratively, with consideration given to formulating a research question and project aims, identifying appropriate outcomes and data collection methods, considering ethical implications and planning for an evaluation of the findings
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Independently investigate, analyse, interpret and synthesise research data in order to justify evidence-based recommendations for practice and research
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Present the outcomes of research covering all aspects of the research process using communication strategies suitable for scientific audiences
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Assumed knowledge
Understanding of human nutrition as it applies to the clinical and public health setting and of the fundamentals of nutritional epidemiology and introductory biostatistics.