The University of Jordan
Faculty of Agriculture
Dept. Nutrition & Food Technology
Course title:
Course number:
Prerequisite (s):
Semester
Classes
Training in The Nutrition of Healthy People.
0603493
Credit hours
Three
Level:
4th Year
2ndt, 2011/2012
1st week onsite training
2nd & 3rd weeks field supervised training
Section
Instructor:
Room:
3
Dr. Hayder Al-Domi
Phone
22419
Email
h.aldomi@ju.edu.jo
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Training the students to enable them develop skills in the nutrition of healthy people at different
ages and physiological stages in the area of: nutritional assessment, nutritional education and
counseling, diet and meal planning, community nutrition program, use of electronic nutrition soft
ware.
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
1. Understand the role of the nutritionist/ Dietitian in the health care team at both the
hospital and the community levels.
2. Understand the human values, the profession ethics and career disciplines.
3. Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the nutritional status assessment of individuals.
4. Describe the difference between a meeting and an interviewing process.
5. Integrate health care process with reference to preparing an interview form, conducting
an interview, and collecting data pertaining to the nutrition care process.
6. Develop basics skills required to the use dietary standards and guides in planning
meals and therapeutic diets for healthy and ill individuals and groups.
7. Develop skills required to apply community nutrition intervention and extension
programmers by developing health-nutrition promotion programs.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Academic skills:
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
8. Clinical Implications of Subject Matter - to give students an opportunity to develop
their understanding of the ethical implications of the subject matter.
9. Problem Solving - to give students an opportunity to improve their skills in problemsolving related to applied nutrition.
10. Writing - to give students an opportunity to improve their writing skills.
11. Oral Communications - to give students an opportunity to develop their skills in oral
communications.
12. Social Interaction - to give students an opportunity to improve their skills in working
cooperatively with other people.
13. Research - to give students an opportunity to improve their skills in research and/or
information retrieval and gain knowledge about major information systems and data
bases.
Personal and Key Skills:
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. Written/verbal communication - able to express ideas clearly in writing and
expressing ideas clearly and confidently in speech
2. Teamwork - working confidently within a group
3. Planning and organizing - able to plan activities and carry them through effectively.
4. Investigating, analyzing and problem solving - gathering information systematically
to establish facts and principles.
Developing professionalism - Paying care and attention to quality in all your work.
Taking the opportunity to learn new skills.
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GRADE DISTRIBUTION AND EXAM TIME
Assessment & Exams
% Description
Due
Dates
%
ONSITE TRAINING:
20
End of
Training
Day
End of
Training
Day
10
1st
Daily Report
week
SUPERVISED FIELD
TRANING:
30
(6 weeks)
Final
50
Daily Groups
Training
Assignment
Total
Daily Reports
(Form 1)
Final Summary
Report
Total
Field Training
Confidential
Institution
Report
Written Exam
10
TBA
20
20
TBA
10
TBA
30
20
TBA
30
10 Marks:
Onsite Training
(i.e. 1st week)
20 Marks:
Supervised Field Training
(i.e. 2nd & 3rd Week).
50
Total
100
TOTAL
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
Onsite and field training:: Attendance at lectures and participation in all training activities are
compulsory. Students who miss a training class (because of documented illness/misadventure)
must contact the course instructor at the earliest opportunity to arrange to attend a later session
of the missed training class. If no later class is available, the student will be required to
undertake a substitute for the missed component. In all cases, it is the student’s responsibility to
discuss missing work with the instructor and to complete the make-up work.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Students should be familiar with and required to abide by all University rules, policies processes
and codes, related to their studies and time at the University of Jordan.
SUBMISSION OF DAILY/SUMMARY REPORTS
All work submitted late without official approval from the course teacher/ laboratory instructor
will result in a penalty of marks (10% off for each day late up to 10 days). It is the student’s
responsibility to meet the deadline. The laboratory report should be computer printed, single
spaced, time new roman printed on using A4 paper.. E-mail copies will NOT be accepted.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Recommended references
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Related books and websites are useful.
USDA (2010). Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, 2010. Available form:
http://www.health.gov/PAGuidelines/guidelines/intro.aspx.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines
for Americans. Available form: www.health.gov/paguidelines.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines
for Americans At-A-Glance: A Fact Sheet for Professionals. Available form:
www.health.gov/paguidelines.
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COURSE CONTENT
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Module Onsite Training (1st week)
Course Outline
1
Role of the Nutritionist/Dietitian
2
Health Care Team Management
3
Developing Interview Form
4
Developing Interview Skills
5
Developing Health-Nutrition
Awareness & Promotion Program
6
Implementing Health-Nutrition
Awareness & Promotion Program
Supervised
Filed
Training
(2nd & 3rd week)
FORM I: DAILY AND WEEKLY TRAINING REPORTS
Instructions:
1. Onsite training (1st week inside the UJ):
o Fill FORM: 1 Daily Activities Report and submit to the lab instructor (Eng.
Tala Mashal) first thing on the following day.
o Summarize the whole week activities (1st week inside UJ), and submit the
summary to the lab instructor on the Sunday following the end of the onsite
training week.
2. Field training (2nd & 3rd weeks outside the UJ):
o Fill FORM 1: Daily Activities Report daily. IF possible ask your filed
supervisor to countersign the report.
o Keep the signed daily filed training report arrange in a reversed order until
you finish your field training (6 weeks).
o Summarize the whole field training activities according to guidelines
provided . IF possible, ask your filed supervisor to countersigns the
summary report.
o Bind Daily Activities Report and the Final Summary of field Training and
any other training materials collected during the training. Submit all material
to your supervisor according to guidelines provided.
o DAILY & SUMMARY reports will be used to evaluate your performance and
progress and therefore will be used for assessment.
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