Georgia Department of Public Health Dietetic Internship Update Dietetic Internship Update Presentation to: Nutrition Services Directors Presented by: Rhonda Tankersley, MPH, RD, LD Date: July 2014

A Healthy and Safe Georgia DPH Vision DPH Mission To prevent disease, injury, and disability; promote health and well being; and prepare for and respond to disasters.

Career Track DOAS Human Resources Administration and State Agency partnership –JCCP:Job Classification and Career Path Project Standardize jobs Update pay structure Develop career paths

Career Track JCCP: Job Classification and Career Path Project –What is it? –Why was it done? –When will it be implemented?

Initial impact of change on employees … 5 Pay New pay grade and salary range No impact on pay Job New job code No change in job responsibilities Career Planning Ability to see job series levels Future vision: Ability to see more robust career paths

Dietetics Practice Update January 1, 2024 Deadline SET –Completed master’s required to sit for RD exam –Can be any master’s (art, biology, education, language, etc.) Moving forward, programs will be required to be coordinated programs offering ACEND graduate degrees (timeline not specified)

Dietetics Practice Update GDPH DI Options –Coordinate with a college/university to offer masters and supervised practice combined –Change admission requirements to accept only those with completed graduate degree –Accept the last class in 2022 and close

Internship Update Accreditation –Reduced accreditation term granted 18 month accreditation period June 30, 2015 –Additional monitoring and reporting required Progress report sent April 17, 2015 July 2015 decision expected

Internship Update –Graduated 10 Interns in August of 2014 –Yearly First Time Past Rate 1 intern from the graduating class of 2013 took the test in January and did not pass 10 th intern from tested January 2015 and did not pass 10 interns from the graduating class of 2014 have taken the test and 9 have passed

Pass Rate Data List years sequentially from least recent to most recent (e.g., 2006, 2007…2010) (A) # of Students Taking the Exam for the First Time Students Passing the CDR ExamPass Rate Percentages (B) # of Students Passing on Their First Try (C) # of Students Passing within One Year of Their First Try (if available) (B/A) First-Time Pass Rate (C/A) One-Year Pass Rate (if available) % %69% % % % Current Five Years %63%

Internship Update General Information – cohort of 11 scheduled to graduate August 27, 2015 – cohort of 6 scheduled to begin community rotation August 31, 2015 –Advisory Board meeting scheduled for July 16,2015 at 2 Peachtree and via VICS –VICS Open House Information Session date for December 2015 is TBD –8 new clinical facility affiliation agreements were added

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