HLT61007 Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine

Description

Wouldn’t it be great to prevent disease and boost the health of others? Learn how the Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine could give you a healthy advantage.

Discover how diet, vitamins, mineral and amino acids can be used to prevent disease and achieve optimal health. Understand the roles that diet and vitamin, mineral and amino acid supplements play and gain an in-depth knowledge of health sciences and diagnostics. Explore a range of treatment modalities related to renal, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal to endocrine and immune disorders, then apply them through clinical practice in a safe and supervised environment.
A Day in the Life

As a Nutritionist, you bring about healing to a range of clients by offering useful dietary advice. Treating someone with a serious illness one minute – then providing someone healthy eating tips the next. Starting off with a thorough client history and diet listing is vital to assessing your clients’ health. You may also like to run some diagnostic tests, before suggesting an appropriate diet and nutritional products to aid nutrition.
Career Prospects

The future is looking bright with you potentially working as:

* Nutritional Medicine Practitioner
* Nutritional Therapist

Requirements

To enter this course you will need to have:

* Completed NSW Higher School Certificate, or equivalent (if you are under the age of 18 years at course commencement you may be required to participate in an interview to assess your suitability for the course) or
* Be 21 years or over at course commencement or
* Completed the required prerequisite course if applicable (see course page for details).

Overseas students are required to demonstrate an English language proficiency of IELTS 6.0 (Academic) overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill.

If you are interested in our distance learning options we recommend that you have:

* Access to a computer with internet access;
* Access to video recording facilities;
* Discussed your clinic placement options with a Course and Careers Advisor prior to commencing the course; and
* Access to an independent professional who can provide exam supervision.