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No. 3 – Dietetic Competency Mapping

Estimated Time: 2 hours

Overview/Goals:

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has a list of competencies that graduating students
must have to become dietetic professionals. Every accredited institution must show how their
courses support these guidelines.

This exercise will help you take a look at your current plan of study and see how the work you
do in the courses you are taking in college help you develop your career in dietetics. You will
also look at experiences you have outside of the classroom and map those to competencies in
the dietetic profession.
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Instructions:

For Evaluation Only
Materials needed: Your plan of study and course catalog or course descriptions

1. Get a copy of your current plan of study including your core courses, as well as your
electives and general courses required.

2. Take a look at the Core Competencies for RD’s in Appendix A and compare them to the
course descriptions. complete the form for each section, listing the course, brief
description, competencies, and possible projects in the class.

a. If you have already taken the course, use the syllabus from each class to help
you identify projects and competencies.
b. If you have not taken the course, look at the course description to try and
determine the most likely competencies and projects you would have in the
class.

3. For the areas of Public Health, Community Service, Care/Soft Skills – identify activities you
have done or could do in the future that would help you meet the competencies for being
an RD.

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