MSCN Competencies

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be prepared to:

1. Provide medical nutrition therapy, utilizing the Nutrition Care Process model inclusive of standardized language for nutrition diagnosing, assessment, care planning, and monitoring of medically complex patients with acute, chronic, and terminal illnesses.
2. Collaborate with health care team members in the interdisciplinary management of specialized nutrition modalities, conditions and illnesses.
3. Establish nutrition practices for health promotion, disease prevention and management independently or in collaboration with health care provider organizations.
4. Design and conduct dietetics/nutrition research in a variety of settings.
5. Become intelligent, critical consumers of research and scholarly work, able to incorporate the current scientific knowledge and emerging trends in science into practice.
6. Utilize effective management, leadership, and information technology skills to guide dietetics practice into the future.
7. Interpret and apply evidence-based research literature in clinical practice.
8. Design, implement, and evaluate health and medical nutrition therapy interventions in a multi-cultural society.
9. Become lifelong learners, using self-assessment and continuing education to persistently advance individual knowledge and skills.
10. Comply with the Code of Ethics of the American Dietetic Association and display ethical behavior in practice, education, and scholarly activities.