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R M Hubbard

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PubMed1979

Continuing education needs as perceived by dietetic practitioners.

Educational needs of dietitians were identified by 232 practitioners in Ohio by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Three major knowledge areas--managerial science, nutritional care science, and behavioral, communicative, and socio-cultural science--were covered in 109 questions. The respondents perceived a need for more professional knowledge than for behavioral, communicative, and socio-cultural sciences. Greater need was expressed for skills in technical and human ability than for skills in conceptual ability, and generally for nutritional knowledge rather than application. The findings could form the basis for continuing education programs.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1978

Assessing achievement for minimum academic competency. I. Instrument development.

Test instruments for evaluating The American Dietetic Association's Minimum Academic Competencies were developed and tested for four major instructional areas--food, nutrition, nutrition in disease, and management--relevant to professional sciences for general dietetics. The study consisted of four steps: Development of objectives or test criteria; determination of mastery performance standards; test instrument development; and test administration and evaluation. This paper describes procedures used in developing and testing two forms of a criterion-referenced test instrument, which was then administered to determine academic competency of students in dietetics. Salient findings of the test results and evaluation are reported.

Dietetics↗
PubMed1978

Assessing achievement for minimal academic competency. II. Validity and reliability.

Research was undertaken to develop, administer, and evaluate two forms of a criterion-referenced test instrument for measuring the competency status of students graduating from undergraduate programs in general dietetics. Involved in the evaluation of the final forms were 186 students graduating from fourteen college or university programs. Results are reported on the content validity, concurrent validity, reliability, and summary and individual test-item statistics. It is concluded that the test forms need further refinement and development and that the use of criterion-referenced evaluation tools to measure academic competency of students graduating in dietetics is needed.

Dietetics↗