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Perceived continuing education needs of RDs and DTRs. 1991

C Flynn, and J A Bryk, and M L Neal

Department of Research for The American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL 60606-6995.

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) Council on Practice Continuing Education Committee conducted a study to ascertain the perceived continuing education needs of registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians registered (DTRs) to assist ADA and other program providers in developing relevant programming. It surveyed 5,000 RDs and DTRs to determine current and preferred continuing education activities, factors influencing the selection of activities, topics most likely to be selected, and demographic characteristics. Results show that RDs and DTRs use a variety of mechanisms and pursue a large number of topics. Continuing education needs are most often met through locally available activities. Preferred mechanisms are workshops and lectures. ADA and state/district associations are major, but not exclusive, providers of programming. Practitioners tend to choose topics related to their practice area. Topics requested at an advanced level of presentation related to traditional dietetic practice; topics requested at a basic level were new or not specific to nutrition. The data will be incorporated into the ADA continuing education programming plan and will provide direction for ADA's exploration of new methods of continuing education delivery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D004046	Dietetics	The application of nutritional principles to regulation of the diet and feeding persons or groups of persons.
D004496	Education, Continuing	Educational programs designed to inform individuals of recent advances in their particular field of interest. They do not lead to any formal advanced standing.	Continuous Learning,Life-Long Learning,Lifelong Learning,Continuing Education,Learning, Continuous,Learning, Life-Long,Learning, Lifelong,Learnings, Life-Long,Life Long Learning,Life-Long Learnings
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291	Attitude of Health Personnel	Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.	Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes