july 2013 people & events
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FROM THE ACADEMYPeople & Events
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Standards of ProfessionalPerformance Reaffirmed
“Dietetics Educators of Practitioners and
ACADEMY CALENDAR
2013 Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 19-22, 2013Houston, TX
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American Dietetic Association Standards
© 2013 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
of Professional Performance for Regis-tered Dietitians (Generalist, Specialty/Advanced) inEducationofDietetics Prac-titioners,” originally published in theJournal of the American Dietetic Associa-tion in April 2009, has been reaffirmed atthis timeand its reviewdatehasbeenex-tended until August 2015. The Nutritionand Dietetic Educators and PreceptorsDietetic Practice Group (DPG)will be uti-lizing the Academy of Nutrition and Di-etetics’ revised 2012 Standards of Prac-tice (SOP) and Standards of ProfessionalPerformance (SOPP) forRDs. Formore in-formationon the SOPandSOPP currentlybeing developed by Nutrition and Di-etetic Educators and Preceptors DPG,please contact Karen Hui, RD, LDN, man-ager ofQualityManagement at theAcad-emy at [email protected] or SharonMcCauley, MS, MBA, RD, FADA, directorof Quality Management at the Academyat [email protected].
EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES
E-Learning Module on Vitamin D
The alarming increase in vitamin D in-sufficiency in the United States hasironically coincided with an increasingrecognition that vitamin D likely has abroader contribution to the protectionof health and prevention of diseasethan previously appreciated. This inter-active self-study session will put intoperspective the rapid decline in vitaminD status in the United States; the impli-cations of vitamin D insufficiency onskeletal, inflammatory, and metabolichealth among the population; andpractical guidelines for how to get vita-minD fromdiet, sun exposure, and sup-plements. Eligible for 1.5 hours of level2 CPE credit. Available for download at
www.eatright.org/cpd/online.JOURNAL OF THE ACAD
ERRATUM
There was an error in the June 2013Journal article, “Position of the Acad-emy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Ethicaland Legal Issues in Feeding and Hydra-tion” (pp 828-833). In the author by-lines on page 833, the credential CNSCwas mistakenly omitted for DeniseBaird Schwartz. Her byline should belisted as “Denise Baird Schwartz, MS,RD, FADA, CNSC.”
doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.026
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