Dietetics, Nutrition and Biological Sciences

Dietetic Clinical Placement Information (for TRAINERS)

June 10, 2009

Welcome to the QMUC web pages dedicated to trainers of QMUC Dietetic students

Our aim is to provide you with up-to-date information on our particular students and we would value your comments and opinions on what you would like to see on these pages.

Undergraduate (UG) Programme Leader: Sara Smith - 0131 474 0000

Postgraduate (PG) Programme Leader: Jacklyn Jones - 0131 474 0000

The HPC approved Dietetic programmes at QMUC are housed within the Dietetics, Nutrition & Biological Sciences subject area of the School of Health Sciences. The School also includes a number of other Allied Health Profession and Nursing programmes (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Nursing).

The Subject Area has a strong research and quality in teaching background necessary to underpin and support the teaching of future Dietitians. The Subject Area has one of the highest Nutrition SHEFC RAE ratings (3a) in Scotland and the UK (RAE 2001), coupled with one of the highest proportions of research active staff in Scotland. In addition, the Subject Area was awarded an Excellent in teaching quality and assessment in the last QAA exercise.

Click here to link to Teaching & assessment strategies

There are many collaborative research opportunities, for students and qualified Dietitians alike, at QMUC and more information on the reasearch areas of interest and opportunities for MPhil, MSc and PhD studies can be found on our Research pages.

Further Support for New and Existing Trainers

We are more than happy to help with developing and supporting new and current trainers and currently offer CPD courses free to all those taking our students.

We like to think that students' training is very rewarding and would encourage all departments to seriously consider training students. We are happy to help in any way, however, if you are considering providing A, B or C Placements in the first instance you should contact Susan Shandley (Scotland only), or your designated link HEI.

Information on Programmes, Syllabus and Placement Timings

We run two Dietetics programmes at QMUC:

A 4-year undergraduate BSc (Hons) Dietetics - click here

A 2-year postgraduate PgDip/MSc Dietetics - click here

On admission to either programme all students undertake a self-declaration of health status and undergo a formal criminal records check (normally Disclosure Scotland). For each subsequent year students sign a self-declaration to update their health and criminal record status.