Overview

Upon successful completion of this course you will be a qualified dietitian able to use your passion for working with people to promote healthy lifestyles, optimise health, manage and prevent diet related diseases.

Upon successful completion of the course you will have a thorough understanding of the physical and psychological components of nutrition, and importantly how to enable behaviour change, understanding the barriers people face and strategies which can be used to overcome those barriers which prevent successful adoption of healthier lifestyles.
You will also be encouraged to develop the communication and professional skills required to be an effective, evidence-based dietitian capable of improving the health and well-being of the people you work with. This professional course at Coventry University is well-established having provided dietetic education since 1999.

Course information

This course aims to prepare you for a range of rewarding careers in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings including large, medium and small sized acute hospital settings, community settings, public health, industry, the media, research and Non-Governmental Organisations to name a few. On successful completion of this course, you will also be equipped with the skills to undertake further study both nationally and globally using a problem based learning approach.

This course has been designed following extensive consultation with alumni, local service users, dietitians working in practice and dietetic managers to meet the requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency, the HCPC Standards of Education and Training, and the British Dietetic Association Curriculum Framework.