Integrating Health Equity into Dietetics Practice Course

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Health Equity Course
Course Expires July 22, 2027
Credits: 19.50 including 1 REQUIRED Health Equity CPEU
Accreditations: CDR
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Earn your CDR REQUIRED Health Equity credit while learning about health disparities and achieving health equity in the workplace as well as in personal applications with this new evidence-based course!

The required reading for this course presents a framework for addressing health disparities that can be applied to personal as well as systemic and institutional bias. The required reading can be used as an introduction to health disparities, a text to assist in teaching about health disparities, or a tool to help organizations and institutions achieve health equity. The required reading is written from the perspective of a Black physician who is a professor in the Community Medicine and Family Medicine department at Mercer University School of Medicine and reflects his unique, evidence-based perspective on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The book includes (but is not limited to) discussions of racism and sexism in health care, LGBTQ+ health disparities, and rural health disparities.

This course is appropriate for registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and nutrition and dietetic technicians, registered (NDTRs). The case-study based CPE exam helps the reader to apply the information in the book to their personal goals as well as interactions with patients and colleagues.

Purchasing Options: Course includes hard copy book, course document, electronic test, and 1 certificate with passing grade. If you already have the book, use the “CPE Test Only” option.

After completing this continuing professional education course, the learner should be able to:

  1. Recognize the importance of diversity, orientation, social and cultural norms that may have an impact on individuals, groups, and plans of care.
  2. Apply cultural humility and competence, and consideration for social determinants of health in a variety of settings.
  3. Recognize and addresses inequity and health disparities associated with social determinants of health.
  4. Integrate relevant information with previous learning, experience, professional knowledge, and current practice models.

This course is intended for: RDNs and NDTRs

CDR Activity Number: 184535 Self Study Activity Type: 741 Enduring Activity
Suggested CDR Performance Indicators:

  • 1.7.2 Recognizes the importance of diversity, orientation, social and cultural norms that may have an impact on individuals, groups, and plans of care.
  • 2.1.1 Applies cultural humility and competence, and consideration for social determinants of health in a variety of settings.
  • 2.3.3 Recognizes and addresses inequity and health disparities associated with social determinants of health.
  • 5.2.6 Integrates relevant information with previous learning, experience, professional knowledge, and current practice models.

Note: Numerous other Performance Indicators may apply.

Please note- this course includes 1 CDR required health equity CPEU (this is a new CDR option that fulfills the required 1 CPEU related to ethics OR health equity during each five-year recertification cycle). See additional details at: https://www.cdrnet.org/ethics.

The answer to Test Your Knowledge is, “a. individuating.”

This self-study course includes required reading, a downloadable course document and an online exam with multiple choice, case study based questions. Upon passing the test, the learner can download and print the certificate.

Required Reading for this Course: Health Equity: A Guide for Clinicians, Medical Educators & Healthcare Organizations by Bonzo Reddick, MD, MPH.

Disclaimer: The text associated with this course is required solely for the course taker to learn the underlying principles which they will apply in taking a case-study based exam. Neither the authors nor the publishers of the text have contributed to or endorsed this course.

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This self-study course and required reading are a timely, relevant program that could easily be recommended to professionals and non-professionals alike.
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