Counselling Strategies

Importance to Practice 

Dietitian roles where teaching and learning occurs can include academic instructor; precepting; providing nutrition education for health promotion, disease prevention and treatment; and can occur within a variety of settings, including schools, hospitals, outpatient clinics in the community, long-term care centres or in clients' homes (1). The dietitian should be competent in counselling techniques, including cultural competence (2) when assisting learners in making