Open AccessNutrition Counselling – From the Traditional Setting to Tele-Counselling
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Farmer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kompass nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2673-5199
DOI - 10.1159/000519967
Subject(s) - medical education , skepticism , psychology , medicine , epistemology , philosophy
At the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions in Linz, Austria, students for the first time completed training for online nutrition counselling. Adjusting to the virtual setting as well as briefing and equipping the training clients was a challenge. After initial scepticism, a percentage of students can now see themselves offering digital counselling sessions in their future lives as nutritionists.