Level of Implementation of the Institute of Medicine Recommended Core Competencies among Dietetics Education Programs

Dietetics students’ experiences of dietetics workforce preparation and preparedness: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis

“…Dietetics students represent the future workforce. The extent to which this next generation of nutrition care providers are being prepared for contemporary practice has been reported by dietetics programme directors (7) . However, dietetics students' perspectives on how they are being prepared for practice are essential to informing and enhancing the development of future dietitians.…”

Perceptions of cost categories and benefits of implementing Future Education Model in dietetics

“…Research by Turner, Eliot, Kent, and Landers (2018), used a web-based, five-point Likert-style survey of 535 dietetics program directors to determine inclusion of IOM competency-based principles in current dietetics education programs, as well as their desire to include these competency-based principles. A total of 186 responses (35% response rate) showed high degree inclusion of evidence-based practice (92%), patient-centered care (84%), and interdisciplinary teams (59%) in the curriculum (Turner et al, 2018). The respondents indicated high levels of interest to include quality improvement (83%) and informatics (86%) in the dietetics curriculum, but levels of inclusion were at 42% and 51%, respectively.…”

“…The respondents indicated high levels of interest to include quality improvement (83%) and informatics (86%) in the dietetics curriculum, but levels of inclusion were at 42% and 51%, respectively. Specific barriers of inclusion in the dietetics curriculum included limited time, no patient contact by students, lack of faculty or instructors, overall structure of the education institution prohibitive, and lack of room in the planned curriculum (Turner, Eliot, Kent, Rusnak, & Landers, 2018). Despite the fact that the competency-based principles outlined by IOM are over fifteen years old, stakeholders have continued to incorporate them into health care systems and health care education (Breitbach, Eliot, Cuppett, Wilson, & Chushak, 2018;Zeiand, Blagg, Amato, & Jacobson, 2012).…”

“…Researchers Turner et al (2018) highlighted that the FEM was an opportunity to expand IOM's recommended core competencies in the dietetics curriculum.…”