Responding to a recommendation from the Academy Board of Directors, on May 9, 2011, the Commission on Dietetic Registration voted to require that RDs and DTRs complete a minimum of 1 CPEU of Continuing Professional Education in Ethics (Learning Need Code 1050) during each 5-year recertification cycle in order to recertify. This requirement will be effective starting with the 5-year recertification cycle which ends on May 31, 2017, and will be phased in over a 5 year period for each recertification cycle. To learn more, visit Commission on Dietetic Registration website.
Academy Resources
Ethics in Action Columns
Each of the following articles has a free CPE quiz which can be completed online and provides 1 CPE. Reading an article meets Learning Need Codes 1000, 1050, 1090, and 1140. To take the Continuing Professional Education quiz for this article, log in to www.eatright.org, click the “MyAcademy” link under your name at the top of the homepage, select “Journal Quiz” from the menu on your myAcademy page, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, and then click the “Additional Journal CPE Articles” button to view a list of available quizzes, from which you may select the quiz for this article.
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In addition to the Ethics in Action Columns listed above, members can read one of the columns offered over the past five years and submit for a CPEU under Professional Reading (Code 200). Please refer to your CDR Professional Development Portfolio for more information.
FNCE 2012 Ethics Sessions
Below are the FNCE 2012 sessions that were qualified as Ethics (Learning Needs Code: 1050).
1050 Assigned as Primary Learning Needs Code:
1050 Assigned as Secondary/Tertiary Learning Needs Code
Ethics Education Toolkit
1.5 CPE are offered for an individual attending a session that uses the toolkit; 2.5 CPE are offered for the presenter of this session.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) joint Ethics Committee has developed this "Facilitators' Guide" to assist dietetics educators and practitioners in providing information to current and future members and credentialed practitioners about the Academy/CDR Code of Ethics for the Profession of Dietetics.
This Guide offers an overview of the Academy/CDR Code of Ethics along with guided discussion and is not intended to be an in depth study of professional ethics. Although facilitators are welcome to adapt time frames to their individual schedules, the script, activities and handouts in this Guide have been designed for a one hour and thirty minute presentation. Eleven different handouts are provided for use in a session, including case studies for discussion.
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External Resources
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) has over 50 external Ethics- related CPE Activities that can be found on the CPE Online Database.
To access:
- Go to http://www2.cdrnet.org/applications/cpe/index.cfm
- In Title or Description, type "ethics"
- Select Learning Needs Code: 1050.
A List of CDR Accredited Providers can be found here