Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition (DCN)
DCN Anticipated Competencies:
Practice:
1. Practice as an advanced dietetics practitioner
for individuals, communities, and/or clinical
populations with expert-level competency in
assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
of clinical nutrition care plans using the Nutrition
Care Process model, standardized language, and
evidence-based practice guidelines.
2. Conduct comprehensive nutrition focused-physical
assessment and interpret results relative to
nutritional well-being using nutritional diagnostic
reasoning and standardized language.
3. Incorporate knowledge of body composition
and nutritional physiology to guide clinical
decision making in the assessment of healthy
and medically complex patients with acute, chronic
and terminal illnesses.
4. Assimilate knowledge of drug-nutrient, and
drug-dietary supplement interactions and associated
pharmokinetics and pharmocodynamics in patient
care.
5. Apply a global perspective to professional
practice by incorporating scientific, clinical
and cultural implications of food and nutrition
into clinical practice.
6. Apply critical thinking skills in communication,
information management, problem solving and
resource utilization to foster professional
autonomy in clinical practice.
7. Collaborate with other members of the healthcare
team, industry, and academia as the nutrition
expert.
8. Mentor and teach clinical nutrition practice
to students and colleagues across diverse health
care arenas.
9. Analyze current nutritional interventions
using an evidence-based approach.
10. Become life-long learners, using self-assessment
and continuing education to continuously advance
individual knowledge and skills.
11. Comply with the Code of Ethics of the American
Dietetic Association and display ethical behavior
in practice, education, and scholarly activities.
Research:
1. Demonstrate competence in the interpretation
and critique of scientific healthcare literature
using an evidence analysis approach; apply and
integrate findings into practice settings.
2. Design, conduct, analyze and author papers
on clinical nutrition outcomes research.
3. Present and defend research findings to
professional audiences and develop a manuscript
worthy of publication to a peer reviewed journal.
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