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Course Overview

Are you a qualified health practitioner looking to enhance your knowledge and skills in order to advance your professional practice?You’ll be primed to become an evidence-based practitioner, ready to manage and lead in dynamic settings.

Key features

  • Become an evidence-based practitioner, equipped to manage and lead in busy and constantly changing settings. 
  • Take the opportunity to study in an inter-professional setting with inter-professional core and optional modules. 
  • Shape your own learning journey – you’ll have opportunities to tailor your learning in the workplace through module assignments and the Dietetic Practice: Supported Study module.
  • Learn from experts in a setting where innovative thinking regards advanced professional development is put into practice.
  • Take advantage of the flexibility our programme offers. You can take some of the modules by distance learning, while others are taught via short intensive study blocks to minimize time away from other commitments. 
  • Complete the programme in one year with the full-time study option or balance work and caring commitments by studying part-time over a maximum of five years. 
  • The full-time route is suitable for international students, who will be supported to choose optional modules with non-clinical assignments.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

You’ll normally have a first degree (BSc (Hons) at 2:2 or above or European first cycle equivalent) in Dietetics. If you are a non-UK-based candidate you must be recognized as a dietitian within your own country.

You must also provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English in accordance with the University’s Admissions Code of Practice - IELTS requirement is 6.5 average with a minimum of 5.5 in each category. If you need to improve your English language to get onto a degree course at Plymouth University, you can book a pre-sessional academic English course.

You’ll be assessed individually for your ability to study at this level and therefore an interview may be necessary. You’ll normally be required to submit a short piece of writing as part of the admissions process.

AP(E)L

Claims for credit for prior learning, whether certificated or experiential are accepted and will be assessed following University regulations and faculty procedures.

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)

This programme is equivalent to 90 ECTS credits (second cycle) with 30 ECTS credits at postgraduate certificate, 60 credits at postgraduate diploma and 90 credits at masters degree. Each 20 credit module is the equivalent of 10 ECTS credits and assumes a notional student effort of between 200-300 hours.

Successful completion of this pathway does not lead to eligibility to apply for registration as a dietitian with the Health and Social Care Professions Council. 

We welcome applicants with international qualifications.

Fees

Home Fee: £7740    
International Fee: £14800   
Part time (Home) Fee: £860 per 20 credit module     

This information was accurate on : 19/04/2021
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