Upon completion of the supervised practice component of dietitian education, all graduates will be able to do the following:
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CD1. |
Perform ethically in accordance with the values of The American Dietetic Association. |
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CD2. |
Refer clients/patients to other dietetics professionals or disciplines when a situation is beyond one'’ level or area of competence (perform) |
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CD3. |
Participate in professional activities |
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CD4. |
Perform self-assessment and participate in professional development |
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CD5. |
Participate in legislative and public policy processes as they affect food, food security, and nutrition |
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CD6. |
Use current technologies for information and communication activities (perform,) |
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CD7. |
Supervise documentation of nutrition assessment and interventions |
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CD8. |
Provide dietetics education in supervised practice settings (perform) |
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CD9. |
Supervise counseling, education, and/or other interventions in health promotions/disease prevention for patient/clients needing medical nutrition therapy for common conditions, e.g. hypertension, obesity, diabetes and diverticular disease |
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CD10. |
Supervise education and training for target groups |
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CD11. |
Develop and review educational materials for target populations (perform) |
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CD12. |
Participate in the use of mass media for community-based food and nutrition programs |
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CD13. |
Interpret and incorporate new scientific knowledge into practice (perform) |
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CD14. |
Supervise quality improvement, including systems and customer satisfaction, for dietetics service and/or practice |
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CD15. |
Develop and measure outcomes for food and nutrition services and practice (perform) |
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CD16. |
Participate in organizational change and planning and goal-setting processes |
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CD17. |
Participate in business or operating plan development |
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CD18. |
Supervise the collection and processing of financial data |
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CD19. |
Perform marketing functions |
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CD20. |
Participate in human resources functions |
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CD21. |
Participate in facility management, including equipment selection and design/redesign of work units |
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CD22. |
Supervise the integration of financial, human, physical, and material resources and services |
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CD23. |
Supervise production of food that meets nutrition guidelines, cost parameters, and consumer acceptance |
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CD24. |
Supervise development and/or modification of recipes/formulas |
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CD25. |
Supervise translation of nutrition into foods/menus for target populations |
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CD26. |
Supervise design of menus as indicated by the patient’s client’s health status |
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CD27. |
Participate in applied sensory evaluation of food and nutrition products |
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CD28. |
Supervise procurement, distribution, and service within delivery systems |
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CD29. |
Manage safety and sanitation issues related to food and nutrition |
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CD30. |
Supervise nutrition screening of individual patients/clients |
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CD31. |
Supervise nutrition assessment of individual patients/clients with common medical conditions, e.g. hypertension, obesity, diabetes, diverticular disease |
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CD32. |
Assess nutritional status of individual patients/clients with complex medical conditions, i.e. More complicated health conditions in selected populations, eg. renal disease, multi-system organ failure, trauma |
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CD33. |
Manage the normal nutrition needs of individuals across the lifespan, i.e., infants through geriatrics and a diversity of people, cultures, and religions |
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CD34. |
Design and implement nutrition care plans as indicated by the patient’s/client’s health status (perform) |
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CD35. |
Manage monitoring of patients’/clients’ food and/or nutrient intake |
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CD36. |
Select, implement, and evaluate standard enteral and parenteral nutrition regimens, i.e., in a medically stable patient to meet nutritional requirements where recommendations/adjustments involve primarily macronutrients (perform) |
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CD37. |
Develop and implement transitional feeding plans, i.e., conversion from one form of nutrition support to another, e.g., total parenteral nutrition to tube feeding to oral diet (perform) |
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CD38. |
Coordinate and modify nutrition care activities among caregivers (perform) |
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CD39. |
Conduct nutrition care component of interdisciplinary team conferences to discuss patient/client treatment and discharge planning |
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CD40. |
Refer patients/clients to appropriate community services for general health and nutrition needs and to other primary care providers as appropriate (perform) |
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CD41. |
Conduct general health assessment, e.g. blood pressure, vital signs (perform) |
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CD42. |
Supervise screening of the nutritional status of the population and/or community groups |
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CD43. |
Conduct assessment of the nutritional status of the population and/or community groups |
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CD44. |
Provide nutrition care for population groups across the lifespan, i.e., infants through geriatrics, and a diversity of people, cultures, and religious (perform) |
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CD45. |
Conduct community based health promotion/disease prevention programs |
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CD46. |
Participate in community-based food and nutrition program development and evaluation |
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CD47. |
Supervise community-based food and nutrition programs |
The Benedictine University Dietetic Internship program has a community emphasis. Thus, in addition to the aforelisted
Core Competencies for Dietitians, the following Community Emphasis Competencies are also
program outcomes.
