Kevin Sauer

Evaluating Human Resource and Financial Management Responsibilities of Clinical Nutrition Managers

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The 2010 Commission on Dietetic Registration Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit: Distinguishing between Educational Attributes

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Distinctions in Entry-Level Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians, Registered, Practice: Further Results from the 2015 Commission on Dietetic Registration Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit

O d g b a w w m e a t a g d The 2010 Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit determined the nature of entry-level practice for egistered dietitians (RDs) and ditetic technicians, registered (DTRs). he primary goal of the audit was to rovide the profession with quantitaive insight about the level and freuency of involvement and perceived isk associated with activity stateents of entry-level RDs (EL RDs) nd DTRs (EL DTRs) in the first 3 ears of practice. The Commission on ietetic Registration uses the audit esults to establish RD and DTR xam content domains while the ommission on Accreditation on Ditetics Education assesses the audit utcomes and accreditation stanards for educators. This report sumarizes the original methods used nd distinguishes between character-

The Framework and Future Opportunities for Leadership in Clinical Dietetics

The Commission on Dietetic Registration wishes to thank those who generously gave their time to complete the Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit. Your responses ensure the registration examinations for dietitians and dietetic technicians are based on actual current practice. They also serve to support a key facet of the mission of CDR, to protect the public by administering rigorous and valid credentialing processes. In this article, two pathways to become registered as a Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR) are referenced. In 2009, the Commission instituted an alternative route to registration, shorthanded as “Pathway III.” Under the traditional Pathway I, a candidate wishing to take the registration examination for dietetics technicians is required to complete an associate’s degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND), which includes supervised practice. With Pathway III, candidates can qualify for the exam by completing an I N THIS ISSUE, THE COMMISSION on Dietetic Registration (CDR) and its Dietetics Practice Audit Task Force have reported the principal results of the 2015 EntryLevel Dietetics Practice Audit, which was undertaken primarily to refine and validate the CDR’s registration examinations for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR) credentials. The Task Force also articulated additional objectives for the research, two of which are addressed in this article: identifying distinctions in entry-level practice between RDNs and NDTRs, and seeking to compare and contrast practice of NDTRs achieving registration via the two distinct pathways now available. The first part of this paper outlines differences in demographic characteristics, education, experience, employment, and activity between entry-level RDNs and entry-level NDTRs. The second part looks at the same variables comparing NDTRs via the recently created entry-level Pathway III (PIII NDTRs) and via the long-standing entry-level Pathway I (PI NDTRs). Per the Task Force’s determination, entry level is operationally defined as the first 3 years of practice after registration. Differences cited in the text are statistically significant at P<0.05 or better, unless otherwise noted.

Results of the 2013 Non-RD Baccalaureate-DPD Graduate Dietetics Practice Audit

Vaterlaus Patten, PhD, RDN, an assistant professor, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (at the time of the study, she was a doctoral candidate, Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS); and Kevin Sauer, PhD, RDN, LD, an associate professor, Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Today: Results from the 2015 Commission on Dietetic Registration Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit

Accordingly, CDR is legally bound to test candidates on what is actually being performed in practice, as defined by practice audits. The Commission has historically employed practice audits to establish entry-level registered dietitian (RD)* and dietetic technician, registered (DTR) practice, as well as RD and DTR examination content domains, while the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) also uses audit findings to develop educational standards and competencies. This report summarizes the audit methods used and characteristics and activities performed by DPD graduates and subsequently referred to as “Non-RD BS/DPD Grads” for the purpose of this report.