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Dietetic Technician AAS
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Dietetic Technician Program
What you’ll do:
Become trained as a nutrition professional, gain a working knowledge of food; management, cooking, and media skills; culture; medical nutrition therapy; program planning; counseling; and ethics. Produce cooking shows in the demonstration kitchen of our Independence Center. Collaborate with occupational therapy assistant students and run a cooking program using adaptive equipment. Experience foods around the world in our Cultural Foods class. Get hands-on experience counseling clients before going to your internship.
Where you’ll go:
After graduation, work in hospitals, long-term care, wellness centers, fitness centers, home health, schools, and research facilities, or for corporate wellness, newspapers, magazines, and TV shows.
Accreditation information:
This program is approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association and the Dietary Managers Association. Completion of the Associate Degree program provides the student with the following career opportunities:
1. Student is eligible to take the registration exam given by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education of the American Dietetic Association to become a Registered Dietetic Technician (DTR).
2. Student is eligible to take the credentialing exam from the Dietary Manager's Association to become a Certified Dietary Manager (DTM).
The Dietetic Technician Program is currently granted candidacy for accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education (CADE) until Inquiries about the accreditation status can be directed to CADE (www.eatright.org/cade)
Commission on Dietetic Registration, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995; Phone: 312-899-0040 Ext. 5400; Fax: 312-899-4772
CADE is the acronym for the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education -- ADA's accrediting agency for educational programs to become a RD or DTR.
Accreditation is necessary because dietetics is a unique profession of such complexity and benefit to the health of the population that it requires a defined educational process based on national standards. CADE is responsible for setting the national standards for what dietetics students are taught, and for evaluating, recognizing, and publishing a list of education programs that meet these standards.