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• From Palpation to Blood Pressure: Elevate Your Exam Skills for Nutrition-Focused Care
• Telling the Story so It Matters: Why and How to Communicate and Disseminate Nutrition Science
• Leveling Up: Bridging Quality, Interoperability and Terminology Through the Malnutrition Care Score

From Palpation to Blood Pressure: Elevate Your Exam Skills for Nutrition-Focused Care

Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
CPEU 3.5
Member Price: $195 | Non-member Price: $225

Description: Step into this high-impact, hands-on workshop designed to sharpen your nutrition-focused assessment skills and boost your confidence at the bedside and beyond. Rotate through interactive stations where you’ll palpate abdomens, review abdominal and chest x-rays, perform swallow screens, and measure blood pressure and blood glucose, all guided by expert RDNs and practicing clinicians.

You'll also observe a demonstration of a small-bore feeding tube placement and learn how to launch an RDN-led feeding tube program at your facility. Whether you practice in outpatient, inpatient, or critical care settings, this workshop delivers techniques you can use immediately to improve nutrition assessments and patient outcomes.

Don't miss this chance to expand your clinical toolbox, learn from the best, and take your practice to the next level!

Learning Objectives

• Conduct a swallow screening to assess the risk of dysphagia and determine the need for a speech-language pathology referral.
• Demonstrate ability to measure blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
• Perform the palpation technique for abdominal exam.
• Identify normal and abnormal findings in abdominal and chest x-rays (i.e. location of the feeding tube, ileus, aspiration pneumonia).
• Describe placement of small-bore feeding tube and understanding of implementing RDN lead feeding tube placements.

Target Audience

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionists looking to enhance their expertise and acquire advanced-level techniques in clinical nutrition.
• Educators aiming to expand their knowledge and elevate their teaching and clinical practice skills.
• Students/Interns eager to gain hands-on experience and deepen their understanding of advanced clinical nutrition practices.

Facilitators

• Co-Facilitator: Vera Bartasavich, M.Ed., NDTR, MCHES – Diabetes Educator and Health & Nutrition Educator, Summa Health & Health Education4U, LLC
• Co-Facilitator: Martha Blaess, PhD, CCC-SLP, RDN, LD – Speech Therapist, Dietitian, & Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
• Co-Facilitator: Lindsay Dowhan, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, CCTD – Advanced Practice Clinical Dietitian, Cleveland Clinic
• Co-Facilitator: Alicia Gilmore, MS, RD, CSO, LD – Dietitian, Program Director, & Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
• Co-Facilitator: Beth Mordarski, RDN, LD – Dietitian & Manager of NFPE Program, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Co-Facilitator: Heather Pitts, RDN, LD, CNSC – Lead Clinical Dietitian, Cone Health
• Co-Facilitator: Caitlin Stewart, MS, RD, CDN, CNSC, CLC, CCTD – Pediatric Nutrition Support Specialist, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital/New York-Presbyterian
• Co-Facilitator: Elizabeth Toushin, DHSc, RDN-AP, CNSC, FAND – Dietitian & Sr. Director of Food & Nutrition Services, Lurie Children’s Hospital

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Telling the Story so it Matters: Why and How to Communicate and Disseminate Nutrition Science

Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
CPEU: 3.0
Member Price: $125 | Non-member Price: $155

Description: Effective communication and dissemination of nutrition research are essential to advancing evidence-based dietetics practice. This interactive workshop will explore strategies, barriers, and opportunities for translating complex nutrition science into clear, actionable messages.

Presenters, drawing from their experiences as researchers, fellows, and science communicators, will share tips for tailoring content to diverse audiences and avoiding common pitfalls. Attendees will engage in small group case studies and hands-on exercises to practice crafting and sharing science-based messages within their own practice areas.

Participants will leave with practical tools and strategies to make nutrition research more accessible, understandable, and impactful.

Supported through a partnership of the International Food Information Council and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.

Learning Objectives

• Identify barriers to effective nutrition research communication, and apply strategies like plain language and AI-based tools to make scientific information more accessible to varied audiences.
• Develop tailored communication strategies for disseminating nutrition science to support evidence-based dietetics practice in diverse settings.
• Create clear, responsible, science-based messages to enhance understanding and integration of nutrition research into dietetics practice and patient care.

Workshop Facilitators

• Lead Facilitator:  Sherry M. Coleman Collins, MS, RDN, LD, FAND – Fellow, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
• Lead Facilitator:  Matthew J. Landry, PhD, RDN, DipACLM, FAND, FAHA – Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
• Co-Facilitator:  Mary Rozga, PhD, RDN – Food and Nutrition Evaluation Project Manager, Altarum
• Co-Facilitator:  Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN – President & CEO, International Food Information Council (IFIC)

Target Audience

• Mid-level practitioners with 6–14 years of experience.
• Scientists and academics interested in making their work more accessible and engaging.
• Science communicators seeking a deeper understanding of research.
• Individuals who regularly translate scientific content for general audiences and want to build a stronger foundation in evaluating and interpreting research findings accurately.
• Professionals dedicated to accurately representing science in their work.

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Leveling Up: Bridging Quality, Interoperability, and Terminology Through the Malnutrition Care Score

Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
CPEU: 3.0
Member Price: $99 | Non-member Price: $130

Description: The Malnutrition Care Score (formerly known as the Global Malnutrition Composite Score, GMCS), is the first nutrition-focused electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) providing a unique opportunity for credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners to demonstrate their value by leveraging skills and experiences in quality management, interoperability, and terminology utilizing the Nutrition Care Process/Terminology (NCP/T).

This workshop will explore the critical interplay between quality management, interoperability and standardized terminology in delivering effective nutrition interventions while providing best practices and case studies to support the understanding and implementation of the theory. Additionally, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to connect with experts in the field and gain practical tools to implement these concepts in practice. By the end of the workshop, you'll be equipped to drive improvements in malnutrition care, ensuring that patients receive the comprehensive and coordinated support they need.

Learning Objectives

• Explain how the MCS framework can be applied to improve malnutrition care outcomes across healthcare settings.
• Identify and define key standardized terms used in malnutrition care and describe how these terms relate to value sets that support interoperability, reduce errors, and enhance collaboration.
• Describe at least two ways that seamless data exchange and interoperability can improve communication and coordination of malnutrition care across healthcare systems.

Workshop Facilitators

• Lead Facilitator:  Tamaire Ojeda, MHSA, RDN, LD – Director of Quality Initiatives and Improvement, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Co-Facilitator:   Rebecca Niitzel, MS, RDN, CDN, LD – Senior Manager, Quality and Terminology, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Co-Facilitator:  Angela Lago MS, RDN, LDN, FAND – Senior Director, Quality, Standards & Interoperability, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Co-Facilitator:  Michelle Ashafa, RD, LDN, PMP, CSM – Director, Quality Measurement and Interoperability, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Target Audience

• Mid-level practitioners with 6–14 years of experience.
• Interested in understanding malnutrition and its diagnosis.
• Seeking to increase reimbursement for malnutrition-related care.
• Interest in improving documentation and processes.
• Familiar with MCS (Malnutrition Clinical Standards) implementation.

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