Dietetics

Job description

Dietetics deals with nutritional counselling as well as with the selection, compilation and calculation of specific foods for the diets of sick and/or people suspected of infection, people under particular pressure and healthy people. Dieticians carry our individual and clinical nutritional therapies within the framework of in-patient stays and offer clarification – and provide guidance. They autonomously plan and accompany the nutritional-medical counselling- and therapy process. Furthermore the dieticians make an important contribution to health promotion and prevention. They contribute in their role as multiplicators to nutritional awareness and communicate their expertise professionally and multi-medially to the different segments of the population.

Dieticians have acquired extensive know how from the various fields such as e.g. anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, communication, pedagogic or clinical health psychology

How do you become a dietitian?

Anyone wishing to start a career as a dietitian in Upper Austria begin by attending a bachelor's programme in dietetics at the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria in Linz. The six-semester programme finishtes with a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies (BSc) degree. Dietitians work with medical-therapeutic and diagnostic measures on and for people – for example in treatment, rehabilitation, health promotion or prevention. They work in different areas, such as hospitals, group practices, rehabilitation centres, research or teaching. Multiple internships allow students to apply their knowledge directly and gain practical experience.

Possibilities of further education

The completion of this Bachelor rogramme entitles the graduate to participate in professional, but also in management or pedagogical Master Programmes in the field of the health professions. It is also possible to do further master and doctorate studies in Austria or abroad.