ADA Education Committee
Update for the 2011 DEP Area Meetings
• Role of the Education Committee
• Update on centralized application
• Update on the use of simulations in
dietetic education
Members
 Ellen Rosa Shanley, MBA, RD, CDN, Chair
University of Connecticut (DPD/CP/DI)
January 2009 – May 2011
 Marilyn Laskowski-Sachnoff, MA, RD, Vice Chair
Middlesex County College (DT)
January 2009 – May 2012
Deborah D. Canter, PhD, RD, LD
Kansas State University ( DPD/CP)
June 2010 – May 2013
Mary Cluskey, PhD, RD, CFP Liaison
Oregon State University (DI)
June 2010 – May 2013
 Gail E. Gates, PhD, RD
Oklahoma State University (DPD/DI)
January 2009 – May 2012
 Julie O’Sullivan Maillet, PhD, RD, FADA
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (CP)
June 2010 – May 2013
 Linda O. Young, MS, RD, LMNT
University Of Nebraska-Lincoln (DPD/DI)
January 2009 – May 2011
 Lauri Wright, PhD, RD, DEP Liaison
 Indicates DEP Membership
Role of ADA Education Committee
“Empower dietetics educators
in preparing students
for a successful career continuum”
Charge as Identified by ADA BOD
• Encourage, initiate, and monitor dietetics
education activities,
• Assess and make recommendations on
critical issues related to dietetics
education,
• Provide guidance, leadership, and
resources to dietetics educators,
including non-RD dietetics educators,
Charge (continued)
• Identify and evaluate trends which have an
impact on dietetics education and determine
best practices,
• Establish and facilitate a communications
forum, support system and network among
dietetics education programs and RD/non-RD
faculty,
• Prepare and recommend long-range plans for
dietetics education,
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Charge (continued)
• Provide leadership in the development
and maintenance of quality dietetics
education programs,
• Assist existing dietetics education
programs in meeting accreditation
standards, and
• Identify research needs for dietetics
education topics.
Update on
Centralized Application
Dietetic Internship Application
• Contracted with Liaison International
o Robert Montgomery, Attending DEP Area
Meetings 2011
• DICAS
o Dietetic Internship Centralized Application
Services
• Experience creating and managing centralized
application services for a number of professional
programs (dental schools, PA, PT, Nursing,
Occupational Therapy, etc.)
• Available for September 2010 application
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Timeline for Spring Match 2011
• December 8, 2010 - site opened for
February application date
• February 15 - site closed to applicants
• April 6 - after match Clearing House for
programs with openings
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DICAS Participation
•202 of 228 programs (88%)
participating in the 2011 spring match
are using the centralized application
system.
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Applications
• Applicants matched to a dietetic
internship program files will be deleted
(temporarily archived).
• Applicants not matched to a dietetic
internship will be saved.
o Applicants can update information for
future applications to dietetic
internships.
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Future Plans
•Meeting with Liaison International
•Identification of necessary changes to
DICAS prior to fall, 2011 computer match
•Survey DI and DPD Program Directors
and applicants
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Use of Simulations in
Dietetics Education
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Role of Simulations in Dietetics Education
•Conducted surveys on simulations used in
dietetics,
•Definitions of simulations used in dietetics
education shared with CADE Programs,
•Development of Dietetics Educator’s
Database/Web site, and
•Members attendance at two conferences on
simulations.
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Simulation Survey
Purpose of Survey
• Explored current use of technology in dietetics
and allied health education programs
• Investigated the potential of using simulation to
replace some of the face-to-face supervised
experiences
Outcome: Educators are willing to include
simulations as a part of supervised practice.
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Simulation Definitions
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Case Study
Simulation
Standardized Patient
Virtual Reality
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Dietetic Educator’s Database/Web site
Thank you for participating in designing the
proposed Web site for dietetics educators.
The results:
We are designing a Database/Web site for
educators to use.
Phase one: Case Studies will be requested
from educators.
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Future Plans
•Two FNCE Programs:
•Open Discussion: Welcome to the Real
World: Case Study Development
Partnering Educators and Practitioners
•Presentation: The Use of Simulations to
Enhance Supervised Practice
•Database/Web site for Educators:
Phase I- Case Studies, and
•Attendance at future simulation conferences
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ADA Education Committee
We want to hear
from you!
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Please email suggestions and comments about
DICAS, simulations and
the Dietetics Educator’s Database to
[email protected]
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ADA Education Committee
Thank you.
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