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Dietitians of Canada (DC), or Les Diététistes du Canada in French, is the professional organization and "nation-wide voice of dietitians in Canada".As an organization DC is active at the local, provincial, national and international levels and has 6000 members which meet their academic and experience standards.
Continuing medical education (CME) is continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or other electronic media.
Continuing education or professional development is required in many fields, including teachers, insurance professionals, interior designers/interior architects, lighting designers, architects, engineers, emergency management professionals, school administrators, educators, nurses as well as those in the mental health professionals including ...
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics was founded in 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, by a group of women led by Seventh-day Adventist Lenna F. Cooper, [13] [14] and the Academy's first president, Lulu G. Graves, for the purpose helping the government conserve food and improve public health during World War I. [1]
Vesanto Melina (born 13 March 1942) is a Canadian Registered Dietitian and co-author of books that have become classics in the field of vegetarian, vegan, and raw foods nutrition, have sold over a million copies in English and almost a million in nine additional languages (Italian, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Czech, French, Portuguese, Hebrew, Russian and Polish), most with co-author Brenda Davis.
In the United Kingdom, Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education was founded in 1878, [5] and the Institute of Continuing Education of Cambridge University dates to the 1873. [ 6 ] In the United States, the Chautauqua Institution , originally the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, was founded in 1874 "as an educational ...
The professional practice of being a dietitian (also spelled dietician in the US) is different from a nutritionist.In many countries and jurisdictions, the title nutritionist is not subject to statutory professional regulation; thus, any person may self-title as a nutritionist or nutrition expert, even if self-taught and professionally uncertified.
Patricia Chuey, MSc., RD, FDC, is a Canadian Registered Dietitian [a] and award winner for excellence in nutrition communications. In 2018, she was inducted into the inaugural Alumni Hall of Fame in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan.