Self Assessment Framework
This is the Competency-based Assessment Framework tool that can be used to assess an existing programme or to guide you in creating a new assessment system. Below you will see the Association for Nutrition list of core competency areas. When you click on CC1a this brings up the competency description, the position this competency is linked to on the Miller’s Pyramid ‘Knows’, a space to input the full name or code of modules you teach that relate back to this competency (if you are evaluating an existing programme I recommend you ensure the module names/code are filled in to maximise the usefulness of the report generated) and a list of assessment types. Select the assessments you implement in the modules you list, then proceed to the next competency on the list. When the sections are complete for each competency a green tick will appear beside the competency code making it easy to identify incomplete sections on the page. At the end click ‘Generate Report’ and a downloadable PDF will be created outlining the assessments implemented on your course and a score highlighting if the assessment methods chosen match each competency's level on Miller’s Pyramid. This will allow the user to assess if there are any gaps or areas for improvement for the effective evaluation of a student’s competency development.
*Please note this list of assessment types is not exhaustive and if you use an assessment method you think should be added to this list please let us know by submitting your request on the Contact Us form*
Science
The human/animal body and its functions, especially digestion, absorption, excretion, respiration, fluid and electrolyte balance, cardiovascular, neuro-endocrine, musculoskeletal and haematological systems, immunity and thermoregulation, energy balance and physical activityEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1a
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Mechanisms for the integration of metabolism, at molecular, cellular and whole-body levels for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1b
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What nutrients are (including water & oxygen)EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1c
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Nature and extent of metabolic demand for nutrientsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1d
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How nutrients are used by the body (either human or animal) consequences of deficiency and assessment of nutritional statusEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1e
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Non-nutrient components of foods, feeds and drinks that affect diet and health including alcohol for either human or animal systems.EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1f
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Nutrient analysis: calculating nutrient contents of foods, feeds and diets of an individual or group of individuals or animals, justifying choice of a method of dietary assessment for a specific stated purposeEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1g
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Digestion, absorption, transportation and storage of nutrients and non-nutrient components of foods or feeds for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1h
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Nutrition in health and disease, consequences of an unbalanced diet for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1i
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Nature of common conditions that require dietary manipulation or can affect physical activity, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer etc. for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1j
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How nutritional needs change with age, gender, physical activity, lifestyle etc. for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1k
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Ability to plan, conduct, analyse and report on investigations into an aspect of nutrition in a responsible, safe and ethical mannerEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1l
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Ability to carry out sample selection and to ensure validity, accuracy, calibration, precision, replicability and highlight uncertainty during collection in accordance with the basic principles of good clinical practiceEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1m
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Ability to obtain, record, collate, analyse, interpret and report nutrition-related data using appropriate qualitative and quantitative research and statistical methods in the field and/or laboratory and/or intervention studies, working individually or in a group, as is most appropriate for the discipline under studyEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1n
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Prepare, process, interpret and present data, using appropriate qualitative and quantitative techniques, statistical programmes, spreadsheets and programs for presenting data visuallyEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1o
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Health research methods, dietary nutrition methodologies and nutritional epidemiology for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1p
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Theories of and development of practical skills in communication and learningEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC1q
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Food or Feed Chain
Food or feed commodities (staple foods, main sources of key nutrients, novel sources etc.) within UK and/or internationally for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC2a
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Effect on chemical composition and nutritional quality of food, feed and diet for either human or animal systems of:
-methods of food or feed production, preparation, preservation, fortification and format
- sources of food and feed supply
- methods of cooking and storageEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC2b
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Familiarity with and/or development of practical skills involved in the methods to analyse the composition of foods or feedsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC2c
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Ability to formulate ideas and opinions concerning foods or feeds, nutrients, non-nutrient components of food and nutrition effectively and appropriately for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC2d
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Understanding of issues associated with food or feed sustainabilityEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC2e
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Social/Behavioural
Food or feed and nutrition and health policy (at global, national and local level) for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3a
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Significance of evaluation of nutrition in maintaining and driving public health agendasEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3b
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Factors that affect an individual’s, communities’ and population groups’ nutritional needs and practices for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3c
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Religious and cultural beliefs and practices that impact on food, nutrition and healthEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3d
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Consideration of financial/social and environmental circumstances on diet and nutritional intakeEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3e
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Theories and application of methods of improving health, behaviour and change for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3f
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Design and implementation of intervention projects and programmes, methods for monitoring and evaluating effectiveness and efficiencyEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3g
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Theories of nutrition health education and nutrition health promotion (humans only)EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3h
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Ability to design/formulate a diet to meet a specification appropriate for a stated situation for an individual, human or animal, or group of humans or animalsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC3i
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Health/Wellbeing
Principles and methods of measurement and estimation of energy balance; energy expenditure physical activity and fitness; body mass; body composition; how body mass and energy balance are controlled for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4a
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Theory and methods of investigating the dietary, nutrient and activity patterns of the general population, subgroups and the individual for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4b
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Scientific basis of the safety and health promoting properties of nutrients and non-nutrient components of food or feed, based on knowledge of the metabolic effects of nutrients, anti-nutrients, toxicants, additives, pharmacologically active agents (drugs); nutrient-nutrient interactions, nutrient-gene interactions, ‘nutraceuticals’, functional foods, and any other metabolically active constituents of foods or feeds and the dietEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4c
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Scientific basis for the measurement and estimation of nutritional requirements, dietary reference values for the general population for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4d
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Understanding the general principles underpinning, and strengths and limitations of, common methods of assessment of nutritional status including clinical, anthropometric, dietary, biochemical, physiological, and functional methods for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4e
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Understanding the general principles and methods associated with determining the efficacy, health attributes, health claims, safety, and legal aspects of foods, feeds, drinks and supplements for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4f
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Ability to recognise strengths and weaknesses in dietary, nutrition and health research methods, in order to understand the limitations of the scientific basis of nutritional knowledge for either human or animal systemsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4g
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Ability to integrate knowledge and understanding from a variety of sources to identify or propose solutions in one of the following areas: Improvement of human health or improvement of the welfare and/or productivity of animals or improvement of food production and sustainabilityEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC4h
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Professional Conduct
Ethics and values of professionsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5a
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AfN Standards of Ethics, Conduct and PerformanceEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5b
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Legal context of nutrition practice; including current relevant legislation and guidelines to providing information to individualsEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5c
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Responsibilities and accountability in relation to the current national and international legislation, national guidelines, local policies and protocols and clinical/corporate Governance in relation to nutritionEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5d
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Can recognise the moral and ethical issues of investigation and appreciate the need for ethical standards and professional codes of conduct applicable to both interventional and observational studiesEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5e
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The relevance of research governance frameworksEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5f
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Intellectual property issuesEVIDENCE OF DELIVERY AND ASSESMENT (MODULE CODE/NAME) - CC5g
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SelfAssesment Report
| NutriPD - Self Assessment Framework - Results | |||||
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| AfN Competency Code | Level on Miller's Pyramid | Module name/code | Assessment conducted | Agreement between Miller's Pyramid and assesments? | |