Four Domains to the Standards of Excellence
This program is comprised of four domains: Quality of Leadership, Quality of Practice, Quality of Organization and Quality of Outcomes. Each domain has criteria developed to highlight the value of credentialed practitioners and ensure the demonstration of quality of service provided by the nutrition and dietetics professionals.
Four Domains to the Standards of Excellence
Quality of Organization
Recognizes organizations that empower credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners to make decisions at the organizational level.
This work is essential to the success of credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners and is observed through their inclusion in its strategic plans, performance improvement plan, internal and external programs, systems and corporate culture.
Quality of Practice
Recognizes organizations that provide quality nutrition and dietetics services utilizing credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioner(s) professional expertise.
The culture of the organization allows credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners to be identified as leaders, while recognizing that quality nutrition and dietetics practice is built on a solid foundation of education, credentialing, evidence-informed practice, demonstrated competence and adherence to established professional standards.
Quality of Leadership
Highlights an organization that values the education, skills, knowledge, applied judgment, and attitudes credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners bring to the leadership of the organization.
This domain is critical for excellence as it includes leadership within the organization and the profession, volunteer leadership, individual honors and awards, transformational leadership and mentorship to encourage practitioners to advance in skills and knowledge.
Quality of Outcomes
Establishes the key role played by nutrition-sensitive outcomes to document performance, value, and satisfaction through regularly measuring and reporting these outcomes.
Organizations that value excellence continuously strive to measure and improve the performance of credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners in delivering safe and timely nutrition and dietetics services that are effective in producing positive outcomes.
The nature of the SoE is detail-oriented, allowing organizations and their leadership to determine opportunities for improvement and formulate action plans and long-term strategic plans to ensure excellence is at the forefront of all that they do.
An organization can choose to apply for up to three of the four domains under the Standards of Excellence Program, or seek the Center of Excellence Designation, by completing all four domains.
The Commission on Dietetic Registration has developed a Standards of Excellence Action Plan to support the achievement of each domain and the ultimate designation as a Center of Excellence.
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