Implementation and evaluation of a competency-based dietetic program.
To assure that graduates of coordinated undergraduate programs have attained required entry-level competencies, dietetic educators need to assess, guide, and account for the progress of students and analyze their own effectiveness. A model has been developed to assist educators in attaining accountability in a competency-based dietetic program. Required competencies and sub-competencies are defined.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003479:Curriculum; D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007318:Inservice Training; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011676:Punched-Card Systems; D014495:Universities