This programme is designed to offer a focused learning and training experience in Dietetics. The course utilises the B.Sc. (Hons.) Applied Food and Nutritional Sciences or an equivalent qualification as the basis for this Postgraduate Diploma. This intensive programme will give you the training and skills base needed to practice safely and with proficiency. The programme will provide you with the skill-set which will be developed gradually throughout the one-year full-time course. The course will rely heavily on guided experiential learning in both hospital and community settings. The ultimate aim is to provide pre-registration education and training to the development of professional dietetic identity, while underpinning lifelong learning that will ensure the development, continuation and evolution of standards of excellence in dietetic practice. The programme of studies extends over one year of full-time studies. Lectures and clinical placements are held during the day. Placements may be carried out in sites where there will be exposure to the Maltese language.
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FEH5013 | Advanced Dietetic Practice | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
FEH5019 | Fundamental Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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FEH5011 | Core Principles of Dietetics Practice | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
FEH5012 | Professional Studies - Communication and Ethical Issues | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
FEH5014 | Dietetic Placement 1 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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FEH5017* | Dietetic Placement 4 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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FEH5015 | Dietetic Placement 2 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
FEH5016 | Dietetic Placement 3 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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Summer Period | |||||
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FEH5018 | Dietetic Placement 5 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Master of Science under the auspices of the Faculty of Health Sciences.In addition to the prescribed 60 ECTS credits for the year, International/non-Maltese students can apply to the Board to register for the extra study-unit listed hereunder. Extra study-units cannot substitute compulsory, elective or optional study-units that form part of the official Senate-approved programme of studies, and do not count towards the Year Average Mark or towards the Final Weighted Average Mark.Both study-units are offered subject to availability and time-table constraints.Semester 1 MAL0011An Introduction to the Maltese Language 1: Survival Level – 4 ECTSSemester 2MAL0012An Introduction to the Maltese Language 2: Basic Level – 4 ECTSThe conditions and criteria for Extra study-units can be accessed here.