From dietetic technician to dietitian
23 of the 81 essential skills of a dietitian are already essential for a dietetic technician — about 28% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from dietetic technician in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 23
- skills carry over
- 58
- would be new
- 28%
- of the target job covered
- 81
- essential skills of a dietitian
What a dietitian does
Dietitians assess specific nutritional requirements of populations or individuals throughout their lives and translate this into advice which will maintain, reduce risk to, or restore people’s health. Using evidence-based approaches, dietitians work to empower individuals, families and groups to provide or select food which is nutritionally adequate, safe, tasty and sustainable. Beyond healthcare, dietitians improve the nutritional environment for all through governments, industry, academia and research.
What carries over
23 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- calculation of food energy
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- composition of diets
- counselling methods
- dietetics
- educate healthcare users on nutrition
- empathise with the healthcare user
- follow clinical guidelines
- food hygiene rules
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- identify nutritional properties of food
- interact with healthcare users
- medical informatics
- nutrition of healthy persons
- professional documentation in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
58 skillsEssential for a dietitian and not for a dietetic technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- advise food industry
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on preparation of diet food
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- biological chemistry
- chemistry
- clinical examinations in dietetics
- conduct nutrition research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- deal with emergency care situations
- deliver group sessions on nutrition
- develop policies for nutritional programs
- eating disorders
- educate on the prevention of illness
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- epidemiology
- follow up nutrition care plan
- food allergies
- food authentication techniques
- food labels
- food legislation
- food science
- formulate dietetic intervention
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human physiology
- identify cause of nutritional imbalance
- identify the dietetic professional quality of care
- identify the health benefits of nutritional changes
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- intervene to reduce sub-optimal nutritional status of individuals
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- measure nutritional health status of patients
- medical terminology
- monitor the nutrition status of the individual
- nutritional adequacy of food intake
- obesity
and 18 more
Other moves from dietetic technician
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