Professional Development Portfolio

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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.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
without the written permission of the publisher.
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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: [phone] x 5500
Web: www.cdrnet.org
Email: [email protected]
Fax: [phone]
Mail: Commission on Dietetic Registration
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
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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).
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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
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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
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Professional Development
Portfolio Process
Principles of registration or revocation of credential
The underlying principle of this process (http://www.eatrightpro.org/resources/career/
is that effective continuing professional code-of-ethics).
education (CPE) involves more than To enhance accountability, an audit
information transfer alone. Research process will be in place. You will need to
shows CPE is optimized when each submit your required CPE documentation
practitioner identifies knowledge and to CDR only if you are audited (certificate
skills needed for professional competence, of attendance, official transcript, etc.).
uses appropriate educational methods, Specific “Required Documentation” is
and develops individualized strategies outlined in your CPE Activities (pages
to implement what has been learned by 7-17) under each activity type.
applying it to professional practice.
The 5 steps of the Professional Development
Building upon these principles, CDR Portfolio Process take time. Like many
constructed a Professional Development things, you will find that the value of
Portfolio process, which promotes lifelong the process is proportionate to the effort
learning while providing you with the tools expended in its completion.
to achieve it. The tools will enable you to
CPE Definition and Philosophy
analyze circumstances and requirements
within your profession, create and carry CDR defines continuing professional
out an individualized continuing education education (CPE) as education beyond that
program, and evaluate the success of using required for entry into the profession, as
CPE in your professional life. defined in the CDR Dietetics Practice Audit
(see Appendix D). The dietetics professional
CDR embraces the philosophy of the Acadey
participates in lifelong learning to
of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Standards of
maintain and improve knowledge and
Professional Practice, which hold the
skills for competent practice.
individual professional responsible for
continuing competence. In addition, the CPE is the implementation of the Learning
statement in the Code of Ethics for the Plan of the Professional Development
Profession of Dietetics, “the dietetics Portfolio process. CPE activities must be
professional assumes responsibility and selected based on your individual Learning
accountability for personal competence Plan that has been verified by CDR.
in practice further underscores the
Content Criteria and
individual’s responsibility for responsible
Requirements for Maintaining
lifelong learning." RDNs or RDs, or
Registration
DTRs not complying with the Code of
Ethics are subject to disciplinary actions CPE involves activities or materials that
including censure, probation, suspension may or may not be part of your job function
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and have the following characteristics: reputable refereed scientific journals.
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 must
development, provision and management
be submitted before you participate in
of effective food and nutrition services
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 in
outcomes that apply to professional
the following pages will be awarded CPEUs
practice or intended practice.
by CDR. RDs must achieve 75 CPEUs and
5. Are developed by instructors or DTRs must achieve 50 CPEUs during a
individuals that have appropriate 5-year reporting period. CPE activities must
academic training, certification or be based on the individual learning needs
demonstrated expertise to present specified on your Learning Plan that has
or develop materials in a particular been verified by CDR. Some CPE activities
subject area. Academic degrees have CPEU limits for a 5-year reporting
should be relevant, and from a US, period; the limits are listed in the description
regionally-accredited institution (or of each specific CPE activity. The same
foreign equivalent). Publications in learning activities should not be repeated in
scientific, peer-reviewed professional the same five-year recertification cycle, eg:
journals or presentations at scientific, different editions of the same publication.
peer-reviewed conferences may also
Be aware that failure to complete the
be used to help establish expertise.
PDP process will lead to the loss of your RD,
6. Content, quality, and scientific RDN, or DTR credential.
integrity of the activities and materials
CDR will continue processes for prior
is maintained. Presentations and
approval of CPE and accreditation for CPE
materials that are clinical in nature are
providers to identify activities and providers
evidence-based. A balanced discussion
that have met CDR standards. You may attend
of the topic, including risk versus
activities that have not been prior-approved
benefit information where appropriate,
or presented by CDR-accredited providers
is ensured. Controversial or disputed
(except for self-study programs) provided
issues are presented as such, supported
they meet PDP process requirements.
by documentation from current and
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Continuing Professional
Education Activity Types
100. Academic Coursework
Dietetics-related academic coursework, including
Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years
distance learning, at a US regionally accredited college
No Maximum
or university can be awarded CPEUs according to the
Description for Activity Log
listing below. Under the activity description in your Step
Course Title
4: Activity Log, indicate whether the coursework was
College or University
taken during a semester, trimester, or quarter. Academic
Date Completed
coursework must be started after a practitioner becomes
an RD, RDN, or DTR and must be completed in your Quarter, Semester or Trimester
current recertification cycle in order to receive CPE Credits Earned/CPEUs
credit. The date of completion of academic coursework Requested
can be either the date of notification of successful course Audit Documentation to Retain
completion or the date of the final examination required Official Transcript
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. Recorded, Online Non-Credit
Academic Lectures/Seminars
Time spent viewing recorded online lectures or seminars
Maximum CPEUs per 5 Years
offered via regionally accredited colleges or universities
No Maximum
within the context of massive online open courses
Description for Activity Log
(MOOCS) can be awarded CPEUs. You must have official
Course Title
verification of your participation, such as a certificate
College or University
of completion that verifies that you have completed
Date Completed
specified assignments, participatory activities, and
evaluation benchmarks. Audit Documentation to Retain
Official Verification
One CPEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour.
Of Participation
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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
Audit Documentation to Retain
— patient case study Certificate of Completion or
Copy of Brochure Describing
One CPEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour.
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
Audit 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.
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