How to manage ongoing public health issues is a challenge facing healthcare professionals across the globe. In a world where technology is getting cheaper and more available, and demand and cost of healthcare is rising, practitioners are challenged with balancing the needs of developed countries against health systems burdened by limited funding, human capital, and infrastructure.

The way forward must include innovation evaluated by research. At Bond University, research is an integral part of success. We pride ourselves on our innovative and entrepreneurial commitment to applied research by world class academic staff in collaboration with regional, national, and global industry and government partners. Leading research areas include the Centre for Evidence-based Practice which targets diagnosis, disease monitoring and clinical decision making for best public health outcomes. This leading collaboration of Australian health care researchers were successfully awarded an NHMRC program grant for approximately 10 million Australian dollars investigating effective health care.

Another research intensive collaboration, The Bond University Nutrition and Dietetics Research Group, strive to optimise translation of evidence into practice in the field of nutrition and dietetics. Specifically, the future-focused group has specialised areas of excellence in oncology, older adult nutrition, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, sports nutrition and professional issues. Current innovative programs include using technology to prioritise allied health services in patients with cancer and telephone counselling to improve diet and reduce complications in patients with chronic kidney disease. Bridging the gap of research and real-life is what makes the Bond University Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice program different. A two-year, intensive, Australian Qualification Framework level 9 (extended) program, produces dietitians with a difference, who are ready to make a difference.

During their time at Bond University, our students benefit from small class sizes, world class facilities, field trips, hands-on workshops and clinical simulations. Bond University has just been ranked by students as the number 1 university in Australia for overall student experience for the 11th consecutive year. Real-life experience doesn’t end in the classroom. Students benefit from extensive placements, industry networking opportunities and gain essential business management skills. A unique feature of the Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice is the international placement. All Bond University dietetic students participate in this experience, giving them the opportunity to tackle the big issues before they graduate. Recent experiences have included indigenous health projects on Norfolk Island, nutrition education and capacity building in the Solomon Islands and visits to the United Nations and International Atomic energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. Students develop a global perspective on the effects of different cultural, political, economic, and physical environments on nutrition and dietetic issues – just another thing that makes them dietitians with a difference.

When they are on home soil, our dietetic students can be found gaining experience in hospitals, community settings, or with an elite sports team or school. The professional placement program at Bond exceeds the requirements for new graduate dietitians set by the Dietitians Association of Australia, producing graduates that are workforce ready.

Bond University’s Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice program provides the opportunity to graduate with these career-ready experiences so you’ll be stepping into the next chapter of your career by graduating sooner! Applications are taken for course commencement in May 2018.