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News from the Registrar
From the Home Page...
Registration after March
31, 2010
If you missed the March 31, 2010
registration renewal deadline, you may register "late" between
April 1 and September 30. You are required in the bylaws
to pay the annual fee plus a penalty fee of $250. Click
here
for late registration renewal. If
you'd like to be removed in good standing from the CDBC
register, please email the CDBC office by clicking on the
"Contact Us" page of the website.
During the
last Board meeting, Peter Lam was elected Chair of the CDBC Board of
Directors for the April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 year and Heather Martin
was re-elected Vice-chair for the same one-year term. Congratulations
Peter and Heather!
A special "thanks" to Glenn Kissmann for his four years of service as
Chair. A list of board and committee members for the current year may
be found under the "Board and Committee" page of the website.
CDBC Webcasts, PowerPoint
Presentations and Reports
CDBC PowerPoint
presentations may be accessed from this Page, under "Publications".
The 2008/2009 Annual Report presented at the October 23, 2009 Annual General
Meeting is now posted and the two pre-AGM Information Sessions:
CDBC Complaint Process and
the Inter-Professional
Agreement Between the CDBC and the College of
Pharmacists of BC . Please call the CDBC if there's a presentation or
report you'd like to view that is not
listed.
News: Continuing Competence Program (CCP)
Now
that the CCP three-year phase-in period is complete, the Quality Assurance
Committee would like you to evaluate the CCP and help the College improve
the program. The survey
link was included in the April
Monthly Update and will be active until April 30. The Quality
Assurance Committee is looking forward to reviewing your comments!
Please respond - we want and need your feedback!
The College has invested in
Claymore IncorporatedÂ’s
SkilSure® online software program to support the
Continuing Competence Program. It is designed to simplify registrantsÂ’
participation in the CCP and meet staffÂ’s administrative needs.
Melanie Journoud, Practice Advisor, continues to
provide CCP sessions to groups of at least 10 registrants.
Please contact the office if you'd like a presentation made to your local RD
group.
Amendments to the CDBC Bylaws and Dietitians Regulation
Bylaw amendments are being drafted to "repeal and replace" the current
CDBC bylaws. The Ministry of Health Services has recommended general
amendments to update the language and format of the bylaws while other
amendments are needed to ensure compliance with the Agreement on Internal
Trade and updated sections of the Health Professions Act.
Amendments are also being drafted to the Dietitians Regulation, particularly
section 5, Restricted Activities, and section 7, Limitations on Practice, and will likely include additional Restricted Activities to incorporate
principles in the Inter-Professional Agreement signed with the College of
Pharmacists of BC. All proposed amendments will be posted on the
website and circulated to other regulatory colleges before they are approved
by the government to give registrants, the public and stakeholders the
opportunity for comment. The office will send you an email notice when
they are posted.
Please contact Fern Hubbard, Registrar, if you have any questions.
Welcome to Diana Stephenson, new Board member appointed by the
government
Diana Stephenson was appointed to the CDBC Board by the Board Resourcing
and Development Office for a one-year term April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
In Diana's current position, she is responsible for providing support to the
Board of Directors of a large corporation where her main areas of
concentration are strategic governance, ethics and communications. In
addition, she is a long-term member of a volunteer Board. Diana brings
a wealth of knowledge and experience to the CDBC Board and we welcome her.
A huge "thank you" to Kundan Sangha for his contribution to the Board and
Registration Committee this last year! Thank you Kundan, for your
dedication and participation!
Current Items of Interest...
The Website is being Updated
Exciting changes to the CDBC website are in
progress! They will increase the usability of the website by
grouping all information into three main streams: Registrants,
Employers and the Public, and Applicants. All information will be
available to all groups through cross-referencing and a "search" option.
The updated website should be "live" by June 2010.
Restricted Activities
Consultants have been hired to continue work on
competencies for the Restricted Activities as well as a documented
"program" for new graduates or out-of-practice registrants to become
competent with enteral and parenteral nutrition support. For this
year, proof of
competence will remain the same as it has been since the College's
inception but will likely change for the 2011/12 renewal year. Stay tuned
for further information!
AGM and Education Sessions - October 15, 2010
The College's 2009/2010 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
has been rescheduled for the afternoon of Friday, October 15, 2010 at Langara College. An invitation will be emailed to you
in the fall. Please mark this date in your calendar.
In development - CDBC Jurisprudence Handbook and
Exam
Current labour mobility requirements for all health
professions enable Full or General Registrants in
good standing in any Canadian province or Territory to move to another
Canadian jurisdiction without further assessment or examination.
The only exception is a short course and/or examination of the
profession's provincial
jurisprudence. The Quality Assurance Committee is currently
developing a CDBC Jurisprudence Handbook and examination and bylaws are
being drafted to support this new
requirement for new registrants.
National Registrars' Meeting
National registrars last met in-person
on October 19-20, 2009 in Montreal. The October in-person meeting focused on:
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October 19:
Presentation by CDBC on the Essential Competencies Registration
Project; a status report on the new "Partnership for Dietetic
Education and Practice" (PDEP); Terms of Reference; Canadian
Dietetic Registration Examination (CDRE) examination codes; Labour Market Framework (LMF)
discussions (funded by Human Resource Skills
Development Canada (HRSDC), including
policies and documents to support the LMF
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October 20: Presentation by two representatives of the
Dietetic Association of Australia (DAA) on the education and
registration of dietitians in Australia. Discussion centered
on mutual interest and foundations
for negotiating a reciprocity agreement between Canadian dietetic
regulatory agencies and the DAA. Further discussions will take place
before a reciprocity agreement is considered. The Alliance
will also be looking at a future reciprocity agreement with the American
Dietetic Association's Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Regulators
meet monthly by teleconference. The next in-person meeting is
scheduled for May 25 - 26, 2010 in Montreal.
Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP)
Three partners make up PDEP: regulators (the Alliance), professional association (Dietitians of Canada
- DC) and dietetic
educators. Equal representatives from each partner continue to met regularly in-person or by teleconference to continue
work on projects of mutual interest, particularly the Integrated Competencies
for Dietetic Education and Practice (ICDEP). A first published
draft of the Integrated Competencies will be presented at the Educators Workshop during the
Dietitians of Canada conference on May 26, 2010 in Montreal.
Dr. David Cane, consultant, facilitates all sessions and Ms. Angela Cuddy is
the Project Manager. The Integrated Competencies are being
designed to meet the specific needs of all Partners. Standards
and competencies will be reflected at the appropriate level in the
Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination administered by national
regulators, included in student and internship curricula provided by
national dietetic educators, and form the foundation of Dietitians of
Canada's accreditation
standards/competencies. Once the Integrated Competencies are
completed and approved nationally, they will replace the current
competencies used by the CDBC. For further information, visit the PDEP website at
www.pdep.ca.
National Regulators Organization
(the Alliance)
The
Alliance of Canadian Dietetic Regulatory
Bodies is a national organization composed of ten equal and independent members who represent the provincial dietetic regulatory authorities. Representatives are Registrars or Chairs of the provincial Board or Council. The
purpose of the
organization is to:
Undertake initiatives to advance dietetic regulation in Canada.
Develop and implement competency based assessments for registration.
Maintain and administer the Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination (CDRE).
Facilitate labour mobility through the Mutual Recognition Agreement.
Act as the contact point for external groups on matters related to the regulation of dietitians in Canada.
Visit the Alliance website at
www.dieteticregulation.ca.
The CDRE Preparation Guide is posted as well as a number of
significant documents and news items.
In January 2007, the
Alliance published two documents:
"Introduction to Essential Competencies for
Dietetic Practice" and "Essential
Competencies for Dietetic Practice". The Essential
Competencies were accepted as the national standard for regulatory
purposes in several provinces but not all. Discussion around the
Essential Competencies led to the development of the PDEP partnership
group (see above). When interpreted as intended, the Essential
Competencies describe entry-to-practice competence. However,
dietetic educators in several provinces interpreted them at a much
higher level than intended and noted that students are not prepared for
practice in all areas at the time of internship completion. In
addition, Restricted Activities are not delineated as requiring
"additional qualifications" as stated in the Dietitians Regulation.
Despite these drawbacks, the CDBC
Board approved the Essential Competencies as they are the most current
national competencies available.
Until the Integrated Competencies are available,
the CDBC will continue to use the Essential Competencies on an interim
basis:
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as a foundation for the CDBC
Standards of Practice
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for the Self-assessment
portion of the College's Continuing Competence Program, and
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for the assessment of
international and returning-to-practice applicants via the "Essential Competencies
Registration Project" .
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