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Education Committee

Committee Chair:

Barbara Marriage PhD
Barbara.Marriage@abbott.com
Committee Members:

Melissa Edwards
Valerie Austin
Stacey Lavoie
Keiko Ueda
Cathleen Connolly
Diane Simon
Shideh Mofidi
Barbara Goss
Andrea Wierenga
Jennie Wilkins
Sub-Committee – Nutrition Care Process
Lindsay Graham (Co-Chair)
Linda Tonyes (Co-Chair)
Bridget Reineking


Goals and objectives for 2010:


Activities:

1. The NCP subcommittee will continue to work with Donna Patel at the ADA to on the language and classification for inherited inborn errors.

2. Work on identifying and listing reliable health care resources for PKU and MSUD.

3. The Education Committee will investigate offering a certification within GMDI. This would be potentially similar to the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) certification for nutrition support dietitians or the certification of diabetes educators (CDE) offered by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

Future plans:
1. Bibliography of research articles
    Bibliography of parent/caregiver resources
    Disorder specific fact sheets for parent/caregiver
    Disorder specific fact sheets for health care professional
    Listing of reputable websites for metabolic disorders
    Listing of dietitians with specific expertise  
    Presentation of case studies on GMDI website

2. Continue to explore credentialing for metabolic dietitians