Promotion of

The Department of Home and Health Sciences also offers diploma courses in the field of nutrition and dietetics for doctors and Dieticians. These are also launched in collaboration with Kings College, London, U.K. The study centers are established at local teaching hospitals/ institutions at Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar, and Multan. Qualified tutors are drawn from these institutions for providing necessary guidance to the students.

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria of students are eligible for PGD in Dietetics

M.Sc Nutrition (Home Economics) with teaching and Hospital experience
B.Sc Community Nursing or Equivalent with minimum three years experience in hospital.

Duration and Credit requirement

Duration	Minimum two semester (One years)
AIOU credit requirement	Five full credits

Scheme of Studies and Course Contents
Postgraduate Diploma consists of the following eight courses and the student is expected to earn a total of 5 full credits for successful completion of a Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics. Medical Sciences 860 course is compulsory for Dieticians. The list of the courses is given as under:

Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics (For Dieticians)

Course Title and Code No.

Credit

1. Food Studies—859

Half Credit (H.C)

2. Medical Sciences—860

Full Credit (F.C)

3. Hospital Dietetics—861

H.C.

4. Community Nutrition—862

H.C.

5. Human Nutrition—863

F.C.

6. Institutional Management—865

H.C.

7. Sociology of Food Habits—866

H.C.

8. Health Care Promotion—886

H.C.

Practical Work

Five days practical training workshop for Courses like Food Studies and Human Nutrition are arranged in local teaching institutions like PCSIR, NIH etc towards the end of the study period during which practicals are conducted and demonstrations from subject experts are arranged.

During the study period he students are required to complete their community/ field work and submit their achievement reports to their respective tutors, on the prescribed format.

Fee Tariff

Fee for Full Credit Course	Rs. 2330
Fee for Half Credit Course	Rs. 1740
Fee for lab based practical for each of both half and full credit courses	Rs. 1500
Registration fee	Rs. 200 (At the time of first admission)
Degree fee	Rs. 350 (Only once at the time of first admission)

Enrollment

See enrollment of M.Sc Community Health and Nutrition

Alumni

Diploma in Dietetics has been launched before M.Sc Community health and Nutrition in 1998. It is also offered all over Pakistan and once a year i.e., Autumn. The study centers are established at local teaching hospitals/ Institutions at Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Multan. Year wise distribution of Pass out students is shown in the bar graph.

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