This level 7 program includes the following:
✔️ 8 core competencies
✔️ Clinical skills training and practice
✔️ An elective specialisation of your choice
✔️ Completion of a Research Project consisting of Nutrition Client Case Study, a Clinical Skills Written Exam, a Reflection Form for your chosen elective specialisation, and an Oral Practical Exam consisting of a live observed clinic session.
Here are more details about each mandatory component itemised above:
PART 1. Eight Core Competencies, to be completed in this order:
✔️ Nutritional Therapy and Food Science
✔️ Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Lifestyle Medicine
✔️ Clinical Weight Loss and Eating Psychology
✔️ Gut Health Nutrition
✔️ Mental Health
✔️ Nutrition for Cancer Risk and Longevity
✔️ Dietary Supplements
✔️ Advanced Research Techniques
PART 2. Advanced Clinical Skills Training and Practice (to be explained in more detail below)
PART 3. One Elective Specialisation of your choice:
✔️ Food Allergies and Intolerances
✔️ Sleep Management
✔️ Child and Family Nutrition
✔️ Toxicology and Detoxification
✔️ Fertility Nutrition
✔️ Sports and Exercise Nutrition
✔️ Or upcoming specialisations at The Health Sciences Academy:
> Skincare Nutrition
> Plant-Based Nutrition
You are welcome to complete further specialisations separately at your own time after you graduate from the Clinical Nutrition Program. Attainment of additional specialisations following your program completion can be counted towards your ongoing CPD requirements.
EXAMINATION. Your clinical skills will be assessed through the following mandatory evaluations, each requiring a passing mark of 80% or more:
✔️ Research Project (consisting of a Nutrition Client Case Study)
✔️ Clinical Skills Written Exam (consisting of approximately 100 scenario-based questions)
✔️ Reflection Forms (one for each of your chosen electives)
✔️ Oral Practical Exam (consisting of a live observed clinic session conducted with one of our examiners)
CLIENT PRACTICE. You will be required to maintain a Nutrition Client Log attesting a minimum of 10 nutrition client sessions in order to sit for the final Oral Practical Exam.
(More details will be provided once you enrol for the program)