Professional Development Portfolio CDR Mission The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) will exist to serve the public by establishing and enforcing standards for certification, recertification and the Code of Ethics and by issuing credentials to individuals who meet these standards. CDR has sole and independent authority in all matters pertaining to certification, including but not limited to standard setting, establishment of fees, finances, and administration. PDP Guide Purpose This Guide provides all the information and tools to successfully complete your recertification cycle. In this process, you are responsible for: 1. Completing the Professional Development Portfolio process, 2. Maintaining your own records and documentation, and 3. Submitting all required information to CDR by the specified deadlines, either online or as documented by postmark. Copyright © 2015 by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, The American Dietetic Association. All rights reserved. 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PDP Guide Table of Contents Professional Development Portfolio Guide Professional Development Portfolio Process............................................5 Continuing Professional Education Guidelines .......................................7 Step 1: Professional Self-Reflection .........................................................19 Step 2: Learning Needs Assessment .......................................................23 Step 3: Learning Plan .............................................................................27 Step 4: Activity Log ...............................................................................30 Step 5: Professional Development Evaluation .........................................33 Portfolio Audit Procedures ....................................................................35 Appendices Please Note: All appendices are contained in the separate Appendix booklet to be found on the CDR website here. A: Instructions for Online Entry of Learning Plan/Activity Log ............2 B: Request for Paper PDP Forms, Sponsored Independent Learning Contract and Examples .......................................................................11 C: Approved Certification Program Information ....................................17 D: Resources for PDP Process Development ...........................................19 E: Environmental Scan & Workforce Demand Study ............................20 Contacting CDR The Commission on Dietetic Registration will always be the best resource for information regarding the PDP process and its requirements. Feel free to contact us in one of the following manners: Phone: 1-800-877-1600 x 5500 Web: www.cdrnet.org Email: [email protected] Fax: 312-899-4772 Mail: Commission on Dietetic Registration 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60606-6995 PDP Guide New Required Ethics CPE Activity Responding to a recommendation from the Accordingly: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Board of • Each Step 3: Learning Plan submitted Directors, on May 9, 2011, the Commission for recertification cycles ending May on Dietetic Registration voted to require that 31, 2017 will be required to include RDNs or RDs, and DTRs complete a minimum Learning Need Code 1050 – Ethics. of 1 CPEU of Continuing Professional • Each Step 4: Activity Log submitted Education in Ethics (Learning Need Code for recertification cycles ending 1050) during each 5-year recertification May 31, 2017 must include at least 1 cycle in order to recertify. This requirement Continuing Professional Education will be effective starting with the 5-year Unit (CPEU) with a Learning Need recertification cycle which ends on May Code 1050 – Ethics. 31, 2017 and will be phased in over a 5-year period for each recertification cycle. CDR Approves “CPEU Rollover” At its February 2011 meeting, CDR 4. The completion date of the first CPE approved a process for allowing RDs to activity to be transferred to the next “rollover” up to 15 CPEUs (up to 10 CPEUs cycle must be at least one day after the for DTRs) earned in the last 75 days of completion date of the last activity logged their current recertification cycle to the for the current cycle ending 5/31. next cycle. CPEUs to be transferred must 5. RDs can transfer up to 15 CPEUs meet ALL of the following requirements: and DTRs can transfer up to 10 CPEUs 1. Practitioners must have successfully earned during the last 75 days of their completed the CPEUs required for their recertification cycle towards their next current cycle (75 CPEUs for RDs, 50 cycle that begins on 6/1. CPEUs for DTRs). 6. A new Step 3: Learning Plan for the 2. Practitioners must submit (either new cycle beginning 6/1, needs to be online or postmark) their completed Step submitted no later than 120 days after 4: Activity Log for the current cycle no the completion date of the first activity to later than March 17th of the last year of be transferred to the next recertification their recertification cycle in order to be cycle. eligible for CPEU Rollover to the next 7. Only whole CPE programs/activities recertification cycle. can be transferred, CPEUs from one 3. The CPE activities to be transferred activity cannot be divided between must be completed during the last 75 recertification cycles. days of the current recertification cycle (i.e., CPE activities completed between March 17th and May 31st). Professional Development Portfolio Guide 2 PDP Guide Format Change: PDP Goes Green In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint, However, if you do not have access to a the Commission on Dietetic Registration computer or the Internet, you may use the (CDR) is Going Green. This means that CDR Request for Paper PDP Forms sheet found in will no longer be distributing physical copies Appendix B of the PDP Appendix booklet. of the Professional Development Portfolio Guide to practitioners. All the resources that you need to complete the PDP process, including the PDP Guide, are now available on our website at www.cdrnet.org. PDP Activity Logging Goes Mobile The Commission on Dietetic Registration goPDP app from the Apple App Store is pleased to announce that RDs and DTRs or the Google Play store, as well as by are now able to utilize an internet-enabled visiting the following website from any smartphone to track their CPEUs as they other smartphone: pdp.webauthor.com complete them. You can download the Professional Development Portfolio Guide 3 PDP Guide What Is Considered Continuing Education? In determining which continuing be eligible for CPE. When a practitioner professional education (CPE) activities delivers a presentation, the information receive credit under the Professional is flowing from the practitioner to the Development Portfolio process, CDR’s audience, therefore presenting is not Competency Assurance Panel considers the eligible for CPE. Presenters may possibly direction of information flow – whether it receive CPEUs for certain preparation is towards or away from the practitioner. activities within the approved CPE categories. Please see pages 7-17 for a full For example, when attending a lecture/ list of approved CPE Activity Types. seminar, information is flowing towards the practitioner, therefore this activity would Professional Development Portfolio Guide 4 PDP Guide Professional Development Portfolio Process Principles of registration or revocation of credential The underlying principle of this process (http://www.eatright.org/CODEOFETHICS/). is that effective continuing professional To enhance accountability, an audit education (CPE) involves more than process will be in place. You will need to information transfer alone. Research submit your required CPE documentation shows CPE is optimized when each to CDR only if you are audited (certificate practitioner identifies knowledge and of attendance, official transcript, etc.). skills needed for professional competence, Specific “Required Documentation” is uses appropriate educational methods, outlined in your CPE Activities (pages and develops individualized strategies 7-17) under each activity type. to implement what has been learned by The 5 steps of the Professional Development applying it to professional practice. Portfolio Process take time. Like many Building upon these principles, CDR things, you will find that the value of constructed a Professional Development the process is proportionate to the effort Portfolio process, which promotes lifelong expended in its completion. learning while providing you with the tools CPE Definition and Philosophy to achieve it. The tools will enable you to analyze circumstances and requirements CDR defines continuing professional within your profession, create and carry education (CPE) as education beyond that out an individualized continuing education required for entry into the profession, as program, and evaluate the success of using defined in the CDR Dietetics Practice Audit CPE in your professional life. (see Appendix D). The dietetics professional participates in lifelong learning to CDR embraces the philosophy of the Acadey maintain and improve knowledge and of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Standards of skills for competent practice. Professional Practice, which hold the individual professional responsible for CPE is the implementation of the Learning continuing competence. In addition, the Plan of the Professional Development statement in the Code of Ethics for the Portfolio process. CPE activities must be Profession of Dietetics, “the dietetics selected based on your individual Learning professional assumes responsibility and Plan that has been verified by CDR. accountability for personal competence Content Criteria and in practice further underscores the Requirements for Maintaining individual’s responsibility for responsible Registration lifelong learning." RDNs or RDs, or DTRs not complying with the Code of CPE involves activities or materials that Ethics are subject to disciplinary actions may or may not be part of your job function including censure, probation, suspension and have the following characteristics: Professional Development Portfolio Guide 5 PDP Guide 1. Facilitate lifelong learning by 7. Potential conflicts of interest, updating, enhancing, or assessing including commercial bias knowledge and skills. are disclosed. 2. Help you implement an individual 8. Typical CPE presentations and Learning Plan. products must be a minimum of one (1) contact hour in length. Exceptions 3. Are dietetics-related. include professional reading, poster DIETETICS-RELATED: The integration, presentations and exhibits, and application, and communication of self-study programs which can be a principles derived from food, nutrition, minimum of 0.5 CPEUs. social, business and basic sciences to You must complete CPE activities within achieve and maintain optimal nutrition your 5-year recertification period to be status of individuals through the awarded CPEUs. Your Learning Plan development, provision and management must be submitted before you participate of effective food and nutrition services in CPE activities or must be postmarked in a variety of settings. no later than 120 days after completing 4. The educational level is targeted your first CPE activity in your current to beyond entry-level dietetics recertification cycle. professionals and provides learning Only approved CPE Activity Types listed outcomes that apply to professional in the following pages will be awarded practice or intended practice. CPEUs by CDR. RDs must achieve 5. Are developed by instructors or 75 CPEUs and DTRs must achieve 50 individuals that have appropriate CPEUs during a 5-year reporting period. academic training, certification or CPE activities must be based on the demonstrated expertise to present individual learning needs specified on or develop materials in a particular your Learning Plan that has been verified subject area. Academic degrees by CDR. Some CPE activities have CPEU should be relevant, and from a US, limits for a 5-year reporting period; the regionally-accredited institution (or limits are listed in the description of each foreign equivalent). Publications in specific CPE activity. The same learning scientific, peer-reviewed professional activities should not be repeated in the journals or presentations at scientific, same five-year recertification cycle, eg: peer-reviewed conferences may also different editions of the same publication. be used to help establish expertise. Be aware that failure to complete the 6. Content, quality, and scientific PDP process will lead to the loss of your integrity of the activities and materials RD, RDN, or DTR credential. is maintained. Presentations and CDR will continue processes for prior materials that are clinical in nature are approval of CPE and accreditation for evidence-based. A balanced discussion CPE providers to identify activities and of the topic, including risk versus providers that have met CDR standards. benefit information where appropriate, You may attend activities that have not is ensured. Controversial or disputed been prior-approved or presented by issues are presented as such, supported CDR-accredited providers (except for by documentation from current and self-study programs) provided they meet reputable refereed scientific journals. PDP process requirements. Professional Development Portfolio Guide 6 Continuing Professional Education Activity Types 100. Academic Coursework Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years No Maximum Dietetics-related academic coursework, including Description for Activity Log distance learning, at a US regionally accredited college Course Title or university can be awarded CPEUs according to the listing below. Under the activity description in your Step College or University 4: Activity Log, indicate whether the coursework was Date Completed taken during a semester, trimester, or quarter. Academic Quarter, Semester or Trimester coursework must be started after a practitioner becomes Credits Earned/CPEUs an RD, RDN, or DTR and must be completed in your Requested current recertification cycle in order to receive CPE Documentation to Retain credit. The date of completion of academic coursework Official Transcript can be either the date of notification of successful course completion or the date of the final examination required for course completion. However, the notification of successful completion of coursework must be received by May 31 of the last year of the recertification cycle. CPEUs Approved Course taken Course for Credit Audited 1 semester credit hour 15 CPEUs 8 CPEUs 1 trimester credit hour 14 CPEUs 7 CPEUs 1 quarter credit hour 10 CPEUs 5 CPEUs 101. Non-Academic Coursework: Recorded Online Academic Lectures/ Seminars Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years No Maximum Recorded online lectures or seminars that are considered Description for Activity Log non-academic coursework, and that are offered by US regionally accredited colleges or universities, can be Course Title awarded CPEUs. You must have official verification of College or University your participation, such as a certificate of completion that Date Completed verifies that you have completed specified assignments, Quarter, Semester or Trimester participatory activities, and evaluation benchmarks. Documentation to Retain One CPEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Official Verification Of Participation Professional Development Portfolio Guide 7 110. Case Presentations Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years No Maximum CPEUs may be awarded for attendance at dietetics- Description for Activity Log related case presentations. Examples may include but Program Title, Provider, Date are not limited to: Completed, CPEUs Requested — grand rounds Documentation to Retain — patient case study Certificate of Completion or One CPEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Copy of Brochure Describing Case Presentation 120. Certificate Programs A certificate program is an intensive training program with Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years a component that assesses the participant. Upon completion No Maximum of the program, participants receive a certificate attesting Description for Activity Log to the attainment of a new knowledge/skill set (e.g., CDR’s Program Title, Provider, Date Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management). Unlike Completed, CPEUs Requested a certification, participants do not receive a professional Documentation to Retain designation (e.g., RD). Certificate programs must: Certificate of Completion or 1. Be dietetics-related. agenda/timing outline 2. Have stated learning objectives upon which the course Provider Contact Information and assessment content is based. 3. Include content expert instruction and interactive discussion (which may occur face-to-face or electronically). 4. Include a post-course assessment that assesses the participants’ attainment of the program’s learning objectives. 5. Have all course materials reviewed by a minimum of 3 professionals with demonstrated expertise in the content area who attest to the number of hours needed to complete the program. 6. Be sponsored by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) or a CDR Accredited Provider. In addition, if the program includes a self-study component, the self-study must include an assessment based on stated learning objectives. Course participants must pass the assessment to continue in the program and to receive CPEUs for the self-study component. Individuals completing a Certificate program receive CPEUs for training and assessment time regardless of whether they pass the post-course assessment and receive the certificate. One CPEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Professional Development Portfolio Guide 8