In less time than you think, you will have completed both the supervised practice hours, your internship curriculum, and the coursework for your Master’s degree.  ONE and DONE.

Not at all. 

CDR’s motion is consistent with our past practice relative to the baccalaureate degree. It can be in any area. Under some past registration eligibility pathways the degrees had to be in a “related area”. However, “related” was very broadly interpreted to include a variety of business-type degrees such as marketing, human resources, organization development, and labor relations. The diversity of the
profession promotes a wide array of degree topics that are seen as related. It is anticipated that a graduate level degree in nutrition and dietetics would be the most efficient means for students to obtain the necessary competency for dietetics practice. 

You can complete your master’s degree at any program of your choosing! 

We request that you have been accepted to the program and have one successful semester (3.0 or better) before the start of orientation for your cohort. 

If these conditions are not met, you will be provided the option to enroll in the MTSU master’s track program (pending acceptance). 

CDR’s decision to change the entry-level degree requirement to a graduate degree was based on the needs of the marketplace to better, and more safely, serve the public. Employer stakeholder qualitative studies conducted over the past twenty years underscored the need for enhanced entry-level practitioner skills. Practitioner salaries, in general, are influenced by numerous factors, such as, the value they bring to the healthcare or business system, their importance to society, payment rates for services they provide and their expertise and experience.

Yes. Just as baccalaureate graduates now have to have verification statements to document completion of DPD and supervised practice program completion, graduate degree applicants will have to do the same.

Since the content of the entry-level registration examination is based on the results of a practice audit, not on the degree content or level, the graduate degree requirement will not impact examination content until there is a change in practice as a result of the degree requirement. Practice changes are captured in CDRs recurring practice audits.