CPE, CDR + Licensure: Keeping Up

1. CPE, CDR + Licensure: Keeping Up Kori Geinert, MS, RD, LD Toni Swanson, RDN, LD

2. Session Objectives • Review of PDP’s history and its benefits to the profession • Understanding updates to the portfolio DP process and the purpose of these changes • Distinctions between CDR and state licensures • Clarify the pre-approval process and when its necessary

3. History of PDP 1969 2015

4. How does PDP benefit you Professionally? • CDR considers the value of the PDP process to be proportional to the amount of effort put into completing each step of it • Research shows CPE is optimized when each practitioner • identifies knowledge and skills needed for professional competence • uses appropriate educational methods • develops individualized strategies to implement what has been learned, into their professional practice

5. There is an expectation that competencies will be used by the dietetics professional to • identify learning needs • guide continuing professional development and ongoing competence • assist in career progression and professional development • communicate the role and competence of the profession to stakeholders (employers, external accreditation bodies, the public, etc.) • Creating or developing a job description (competencies) • Help in answering the question of ‘What does a dietitian actually do?’ (competencies) • Policy development, advocacy, working with legislators, etc. (competencies)

6. PDP Cycle End dates • Plans ending in 2019 and 2020 – follow the ‘old’ style • Plans ending in years 2021 and beyond – follow the ‘new’ style and is what we will be focusing on today

7. Overview of new PDP plan • The PDP Guide, will help you navigate the 3 steps (reduced from a 5 step process) of your CDR recertification process. The PDP process is aimed at helping to enrich your continuing education experience. This is achieved by emphasizing assessment of your current role, goal setting, and reflection on the impact of the activities you complete.   • The first step is your Learning Plan, where you’ll take the long view on the coming 5-year cycle to better direct your education. You’ll develop this plan using the new intelligent Goal Wizard tool. • Once you’ve created your Learning Plan, you will record continuing education activities you've attended in the Activity Log. When you've completed your minimum CPE requirements, you will submit the Log to CDR • At the end of your 5-year cycle there is one final step, though not one you'll submit to CDR. The Professional Development Assessment is an exercise to measure the efficacy of your planning, and analyze what you are doing as a result of achieving the goals in your plan.

8. Understanding the Terminology • Ethics/professionalism • Communications • Leadership/Advocacy • Critical Thinking/Decision Making • Informatics • Research, Evidence informed practice/Quality Improvement • Safety & Risk Management • Food, Nutrition & Dietetics, Physical Activity • Education and Counseling 10. Clinical Care 11. Business/Industry, Product Development & Marketing 12. Community and Population Health 13. Foodservice management 14. Organizational management Spheres: Each have a number, 1-9 = Core Spheres, 10-14 Spheres are the broad areas of influence that relate to all practice areas

9. Understanding the terminology • Essential Practice Competencies (broad) describe the knowledge, skills, judgment, and attitudes for all credentialed practitioners throughout their careers, and across areas of practice, and work settings. • Also numbered (ex: Sphere 10, Competency 1 = 10.1) • Aimed at mirroring competency based education requirements (what you had to satisfy as a student or intern) • Replace ‘goals’ that were previously used in developing the learning plan • They are intended to provide a structured guide to help identify, evaluate, and develop the behaviors required for continuing competence • Written in Goal like statements

10. Terminology continued • Performance Indicators • Also numerical ex: (Sphere 10, Competency 1, Performance indicator 1 = 10.1.1 – this is what you will see listed on CEU certificates) • More specific • Define factors that are part of the competency (goal) – What is it you will need to do, know, ability to perform in order to meet the competency • Drive the specific continuing education • Replaces the Learning need Codes – describing what it is we need to learn

11. How to Enter Learning Plan THINK BROADLY! REMINDER - You do not need to complete a CEU activity for every competency or performance indicator in your plan. You only need 75 total (RDN’s) or 50 total (NDTR’s) CEU’s in the 5 year cycle. As of 2017, 1 CEU is required in the Ethics sphere. There is no one specific activity that satisfies the ethics sphere. • The only way in the new PDP to enter the Learning Plan is to use the Goal Wizard – this is step #1 in the process.

12. How to search for CEU’s including ethics eligible options

13. Demonstration of the Goal Wizard Dream Wizard– Let’s all go! • Reflect, Assess, Plan • Identify current employment status • Answer series of questions • Confirm competency profile • Select competencies (replace goals) • Select Performance indicators (replaces learning need codes)

14. Logging CEU’s • Online • my.cdrnet.org/PDP • MyCDR Go Mobile App • Available in Apple App Store or Google Play • Can complete quizzes from the AND Journal • Update profile • Pay annual CDR fees

15. Licensure • Why is licensure important? • Protects consumers and helps them to identify/access qualified professionals who practice safe and ethical nutrition therapy. • Sets a minimum standard for education and experience • CDR • RD vs RDN • State • State regulated nutrition professionals

16. Licensure • Required CEU’s for RD • 75 credits every 5 years • Required CEU’s for LD • Varies from state to state • MN requirements are 45 credits every 3 years

17. Prior Approval for CPE’s • An organization providing CEU’s to Dietitians may request prior approval of the CEU through CDR • Is this required? • What is the benefit?

18. Prior Approval Process • Submit CPE approval forms through CDR • https://www.cdrnet.org/prior-approval-video • Your CPE form will be reviewed by MN state affiliate • An e-mail will notify you when your CPE form is approved • Billing is done by MAND

19. Questions