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Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition DPG

Nutrition professionals with expertise in promoting healthy, active lifestyles through excellence in nutrition for sports performance, cardiovascular health, wellness, and the prevention and treatment of disordered eating.

Dietetic Practice Group #33
Visit SCAN's Web Site at www.scandpg.org/

Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) is one of the largest and most dynamic dietetic practice groups of the American Dietetic Association. With nearly 5,500 members, SCAN brings together nutrition professionals with expertise in sports performance, fitness and health, cardiovascular health, wellness, and the prevention and treatment of disordered eating. SCAN promotes professional excellence by providing innovative professional development and networking opportunities to SCAN members and promotes SCAN members within and outside the American Dietetic Association. Sports Dietetics-USA, a subunit of SCAN, assisted the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) in the development of the new Board Certification, Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), for RDs who specialize in sports dietetic practice.

Benefits of SCAN Membership

• SCAN’s Web site at www.scandpg.org/ with a wide range of resources:
  • To enter the Member section on the site, click “Member’s Area” on the home page; enter your ADA ID # and your last name (with first letter uppercase) as the password.
• Three list serve communities: Sports; Wellness-CV; and Disordered Eating.
  • Sign up for listserves when you fill out your member profile in the Member’s Area.
• SCAN Sub-units, Sports Dietetics-USA and Wellness-Cardiovascular RDs, for in-depth learning opportunities and support in these practice areas.
  • Sign up for the sub-units when you fill out your member profile in the Member’s Area.
• FREE quarterly subscription to the highly regarded newsletter, SCAN’s PULSE.
• FREE access to the Natural Medicine’s Comprehensive Database through the Member’s Area, an excellent resource for information on supplements of all kinds.
• FREE bi-monthly subscription to the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, a peer-reviewed lifestyle medicine journal featuring review articles on the impact of nutrition and fitness in preventing chronic diseases.
• FREE on-line referral directory, “Find a SCAN Dietitian” to help expand your client base.
• Continuing Education opportunities in PULSE (FREE), e-learning sessions on the SCAN website (coming in 2009-2010), and live educational events at the annual SCAN Symposium and ADA’s FNCE.
• Support for those interested in becoming Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), a new credential for RDs who specialize in sports dietetic practice, developed with the Commission on Dietetic Registration by SD-USA leaders.

Networking, Business Meetings, Continuing Professional Education Events, Receptions at ADA’s FNCE (Denver - October 2009) and at SCAN’s Symposium (San Diego - March 2010):

• SD-USA’s SCAN Sports Dietetic Workshop-Nutrition and Athletic Performance
  October 15 and 16, 2009 at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO
• SCAN / Weight Management DPG / American College of Sports Medicine Pre-FNCE Workshop
  Exercise is Medicine: The Dietitian’s Role in Promoting Physical Activity
  Saturday, October 17, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• SCAN’s Priority Session at FNCE: Advanced Strategies for Counseling Athletes with Type I Diabetes
  Sunday, October 18, 10:00 a.m.
• SCAN Reception at FNCE, Sunday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.
  • Sub-unit meetings at FNCE following the reception and also at Symposium.
• SCAN DPG Showcase booth at FNCE, Monday, October 19, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• SCAN Symposium
  "Myths, Mysteries and Realities of Eating and Metabolism ... Research to Practice"
  March 28 to 30, 2010
  Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, California

Membership Total
5,250

Sub-units

• Sports Dietetics-USA 
• Wellness-CV RDs
• Disordered Eating

• Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) for registered dietitians (RDs) is available through CDR.

Newsletter Name and Unique Features

• SCAN’s PULSE is the highly regarded quarterly newsletter that delivers original feature articles, research updates, book reviews, conference summaries and more. Earn FREE continuing education unit credits (CEUs) through SCAN’s PULSE, a benefit of SCAN membership. Subscription cost for non ADA-eligible members: $50.00 individuals/$100 institutions for 4 issues. Subscriptions begin June 1 and end May 31. To subscribe: Contact the SCAN Office by phone at 800/249-2875 or e-mail: scandpg@gmail.com.

Publications Offered Though ADA
Sports Nutrition: A Practice Manual for Professionals (4th edition, 2006) and companion CD

To order by credit card or to receive an ADA Products and Services catalog contact ADA Customer Service, 800/877-1600, ext.5000, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time), or visit www.eatright.org/catalog.

ADA Timely Statements and Positions Involvement
"Nutrition and athletic performance." J Am Diet Assoc March 2009. ADA, Dietitians of Canada, American College of Sports Medicine Joint Statement of Position and Standards of Professional Practice.

Awards, Grants, Scholarships, and Stipends

• SCAN Achievement Award (SCAN Members Only)
• SCAN Excellence in Practice Award (SCAN Members Only)
• SCAN Distinguished Scholar Award
• SCAN Distinguished Ambassador Award

SCAN Executive Committee

Chair:  Gale Welter, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS
Chair-Elect:  Tara Coghlin-Dickson, MS, RD, CSSD
Treasurer:  Kathy B. Johnson, RD, LD, MBA, FADA
Secretary:  Karla Campbell, MS, RD
Past Chair:  Hope Barkoukis,PhD, RD, LD
Development Co-Directors:  Julie Upton, MS, RD, CSSD; Jenna Bell-Wilson, PhD, RD, CSSD, LD
Communications Director:  Lisa Carlson, MS, RD
Continuing Education Director:  Pam M. Nisevich, MS, RD, LD
Member Services Director:  D. Enette Larson-Meyer, PhD, MS, RD, CSSD
PULSE Editor:  Mark Kern, PhD, RD, CSSD
Web Editor:  Marie Dunford, PhD, RD
Director SD-USA Subunit:  Michele Macedonio, MS, RD, CSSD, LD
Wellness CV RD Subunit Co-Directors:  Carol Lapin, MS, RD, CSSD, LD; Sharon Smalling, RD, LD, MPH

Join SCAN Now
ADA Members may join SCAN through ADA’s Web site: Select SCAN DPG #33 on the registration form. The member dues are $35. A special Student Membership rate of $25 is also available.
If you are not an ADA member but are qualified to be one, you must first join ADA before joining SCAN.
If you are not qualified to be an ADA member, consider becoming a Friend of SCAN (FOS).

For information about membership contact:
Pamela A. Woodruff
Interim Administrative Assistant
Phone:  800-249-2875
scandpg@gmail.com

Membership year runs from June 1 through May 31. ADA accepts payment for the current year through the end of February. Once you have joined SCAN, ADA will inform SCAN and you will be sent a Welcome Packet including an issue of PULSE.