Essential knowledge: The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes knowledge of: Communication skills in one-to-one and group settings Ethical issues in management Ethical issues in natural medicine How nutritional medicine works with the conventional medical model Industry standards Management issues and responsibilities WHS requirements in the workplace Philosophical tradition of science / western medicine Sociology of health and the health care system Team development issues The current political context of healthcare The dynamic interchange between the physical, mental, social, environmental and spiritual landscape The history of nutritional medicine The holistic integration of western and natural approaches to health The philosophy, principles and practices of nutritional medicine practice The philosophy, principles and practices of other alternative and complementary therapies The qualitative, quantitative, cultural and traditional lines of evidence used in nutritional medicine The rationalistic, analytical approach to an understanding of disease The vitalistic, empirical approach to health |