Nutrition Counselling with Avatars - St. Pölten UAS: International Project Develops Digital Platform for Dietitians' Training
ST. PÖLTEN, Austria, Nov. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "E+DIETing_Lab" is an innovative, multidisciplinary project whose goal is to develop a digital platform for teaching and learning in dietetics: In the first part of a multi-stage training option for prospective dietitians, virtual avatars are available for practising dietetic counselling.
- An international team of dietitians and IT experts develops a digital platform with virtual avatars for dietetic counselling practice: the E+DIETing_Lab.
- It allows students to train their advisory skills with the help of avatars before applying them to real patients.
- Dietitians of the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences play a leading role in the project.
- "The project provides an important and innovative approach to teaching and learning in the training of nutrition experts in the healthcare sector", explains Kolm.