Syllabus (NUTRITION)

Course Type: MAJ-18

Semester: 8

Course Code: BNUTMAJ18C

Course Title: DIET COUNSELLING AND PATIENT EDUCATION

(L-P-Tu): 2-2-0

Credit: 4

Practical/Theory: Combined

Course Objective: •To increase knowledge and clarify misconceptions about diet condition. • Implement new behaviors to adapt to diet conditions and physical limitations. • Learn strategies to cope up with psychosocial responses to disease and disability. •Over come barriers to complain by articulating.

Learning Outcome: •Patient education promotes patient – centered care and increases adherence To dietary treatments. •An increase in compliance leads to a more efficient and cost – effective health Care delivery system. • Educating patients ensures continuity of care and reduces complications Related to the illness.

8^th SEMESTER

CC-18 ( MAJOR )

DIET COUNSELLING AND PATIENT EDUCATION (THEORY) CREDIT – 2+2 =4

1. Concept of counseling and types of Dietary Counseling.

2. Criteria of good Dietary Counselor.

3. Model of Dietary Counseling.

4. Process of Patient education – KAP Model.

5. Behavioral – Modification of Patient through Patient education.

6. Education and counselling : Behavioral changes.

7. Skill and attributes of the Nutrition educator and counsellor.

Project

1. Submission of project ( Introduction, objective, review, methodology, results/ data, discussion Reference, conclusion).

2. Viva voce.

Reference :

1. Nutrition Counseling and education Skill – Betsy B. Holli and Judith A. Beto.