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CDR Update

Spring 2015 NDEP Area Meetings

Update Topics

• Registry Statistics

• Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit

• PDP – Practice Competencies Initiative

• Graduate Degree Registration Eligibility Requirement Resources

• Database Transition From Social Security Numbers

• Online Registration Eligibility System Revision

• Advanced Clinical Nutrition Practice Credential

• Interdisciplinary Specialist Certification

59,269

67,406

73,155

81,645

89,38691,700

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20,000

30,000

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1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 2014

Registry Growth StatisticsRegistered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

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5,060

5,511

4,618

4,239

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1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 2014

Registry Growth StatisticsNutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR)

2,664 2,7332,888

3,229

3,615

3,945

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1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

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1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 2014

New Registrants per YearRegistered Dietitian Nutritionists

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200185

416

632 635

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1995 2000 2005 2010 2013 2014

New Registrants per YearNutritionand Dietetics Technician, Registered

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NDTR Geographic Distribution

2009 2015

0

50

100

150

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300

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

110

82

160

241

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Dietetic Technician Pathway III to Registered Dietitian Status

2009-2014

Current CDR Initiatives 2015

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CDR 2015 Entry-Level Dietetics Practice Audit Task Force

EXAMINATION PANEL MEMBERS

Paula Kellogg Leibovitz, MS, RD, CDE, CD-N Chair

Molly Gee, MEd, RD, LD

Kathryn K. Hamilton, MA, RDN, CSO, CDN, FAND

Khursheed P. Navder, PhD, RDN, FAND

Aspen S Perovich, MS, RD, LD

Kevin L. Sauer, PhD, RD, LD

Megan Sexton, MS, RD, LD

ACEND REPRESENTATIVE

Kathleen Creedon, RD

COMMUNITY SERVICE MATTER EXPERTS

Feon Cheng, MPH, RDN

Jeri Finn, MS, RD

CLINICAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

Karen Brtko, DTR

Le Greta Hudson, MS, RDN, LD, CDE

Jin Kuo, RDN

Julie A Mallory, MS, RD, LD

FOOD SERVICE/MANAGEMENT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTSSharon M. Doughten, MS, RD, LDJennifer L. Gardner, RDJeffery Ketcham, MBA, RDIsolda Lyon, RDJodi L. Weber, DTR

CONSULTANTSDick Rogers, PhDLeanne Worsfold

What is a Dietetics Practice Audit?

• Quantitative measure of what dietitians and dietetic technicians actually do in practice.

• Comparisons of those measures with previous practice audits

• Identification of distinctions between entry-level RD and DTR practice

• Empirically investigate adequacy of “entry-level” operationally defined in the past as the first three years following registration

Dietetics Practice Audits

• Update ACEND Dietetics Education Program Accreditation Standards

• Update Examination Content Outline

(Test Specifications)

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Dietetics Practice Audit TimelineFall 2014

– Dietetics Practice Audit Planning

– Dietetics Practice Audit Task Force Appointment

January – May 2015

– Survey Instrument Development and Review

June 2015

– Survey Distribution

August 2015

– Survey Closed

March 2016

– Examination Test Specifications Updated

Dietetics Practice Audit Timeline (cont)

May 2016

– Dietetics Practice Audit Results Published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

June 2016

– New Test Specifications Distributed to Educators

Fall 2016

– Results Presented at FNCE 2016

January 2017

– New Test Specifications Implemented for Dietitian and Dietetic Technician Examinations

Practice Competency-based Professional Development Initiative

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Step 1 Learning Plan: Reflect and Assess to Create Your Learning Plan

Important Implementation Dates

•Newly credentialed practitioners:

First Group: June 2, 2015-May 31, 2021

• Recertifying credentialed practitioners:

Second Group: June 1, 2016-May 31, 2021

Third Group: June 1, 2017-May 31, 2022

Fourth Group: June 1, 2018-May 31, 2023

Fifth Group: June 1, 2019-May 31, 2024

Sixth Group: June 1, 2020-May 31, 2025

Educator Tool - Kit• Goal Wizard tutorial

• Dream Wizard demonstration

• YouTube video

• Lesson plan

• Recorded presentations

• FAQ

• Key messages

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Graduate Degree for Entry-Level Eligibility

Effective January 1, 2024

Outcome of Joint MeetingJanuary 2013

Consensus Agreement #1:

Move Entry-level Degree Requirement to Graduate Level

for RD/RDN Eligibility

Joint Leaders MeetingJanuary 17-19, 2013

Meeting Focus:

To come to consensus on how to address the recommendations in the Visioning Report in light of feedback from members and the HOD dialogue session (fall 2012)

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March/April 2013 CDR Meetings

CDR considered:

• Review of Joint leaders Meeting Summary

• Input from ACEND Representatives

• ACEND Timeline for New Standards Development

• Stakeholder notice of change in entry-level registration eligibility requirements

CFP Visioning ReportCFP Recommendation #1

Elevate the preparation for the future entry-level RDN to a minimum of a Graduate degree from an ACEND-accredited program.

CDR Motion – April 2013Move to change the entry-level registration eligibility education requirements for dietitians beginning in 2024 from a baccalaureate degree to a minimum of a graduate degree. All other entry-level dietitian registration eligibility requirements remain the same.

CDR’s Motion does NOT require that the graduate degree be granted by an ACEND accredited program.

Eligibility Criteria for RDN

Current

• Baccalaureate degree from a US accredited college or university or foreign equivalent

• ACEND-accredited DPD program

• ACEND-accredited supervised practice (coordinated program, dietetic internship, or ISPP)

2024

• Graduate degree from a US accredited college or university or foreign equivalent

• ACEND-accredited DPD program

• ACEND-accredited supervised practice (coordinated program, dietetic internship, or ISPP)

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Effective January 1, 2024

This Date Does Not Impact

The ACEND Standards

Development Process

Graduate Degree Registration Eligibility Requirement

Current RDNs

Not Required

to Obtain

Graduate Degree

Eligibility Criteria Exception

The Content Outline Will

Change Over Time Based on

Dietetics Practice Audit Results

Registration Examination Content Outline

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Next Steps

• On-going communications to stakeholders

• Review and update of registration eligibility systems and information

CDR Database Transition

From Social Security Numbers to Mother’s Maiden Name

and Birthdate

Online Registration

Eligibility Application

Enhancements

Institutional Score Report 24/7 Access

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CDR Website Resources

Preceptor Online Training Course

Coming soon….

Assessing Prior Learning Online Course

Advanced Clinical Nutrition

Practice Credential

Clinical nutrition practice is the provision of direct nutrition care to

individuals and/or groups.

Additional News Bites...continued

New Interdisciplinary

Specialist Credential

Board Certified Specialist in

Obesity & Weight Management (CSOWM)

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QUESTIONS