A unique review course, focused on the competencies and performance indicators to be assessed, recommendations for selected content related to Food, Nutrition and Dietetics for your review along with multiple-choice practice questions and answers and a practice exam to help you feel confident!

Launched in 2016 to help dietitians prepare for the Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination (CDRE), the CDRE Prep Course is updated for every sitting of the examination based on dietitians’ feedback and changes to the examination blueprint.   

November 2021 CDRE Prep Course Includes:  

A recorded webinar that provides an overview of the six study modules and instructions on how to use them to prepare for the examination as well as tips on how to navigate multiple choice questions.    

The Modules and Practice Questions:

1: Communication, Collaboration and Education Principles – includes 20 practice questions

2: Professional Practice, Policies and Standards, Research, Government of Canada Resources and Jurisprudence – includes 20 practice questions

3: Population & Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention – includes 20 practice questions

4: Management, Food Service Management and Food Service Systems – the module contains 57 questions and answers and 102 multiple choice questions with answers AND there are 20 practice questions

5: Food and Nutrition Science – the module references examples of practice questions

6: Nutrition Care – 20 practice questions related to a few clinical cases

The practice exam introduces 185 multiple choice questions and answers that are different from the practice questions and ensures testing of all Performance Indicators in all five competency domains as well as covering all testable diseases and conditions and knowledge topic areas.

All modules follow a consistent format for ease of use. 

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Dietitians should have a knowledge of the principles of enteral nutrition, including calculation and design of enteral feeding regimens, delivery and monitoring, and awareness of complications. The course offered by McCall Dietetics is designed to meet the learning needs of those who have limited instruction or experience with enteral feeding or dietitians who are changing their professional direction to include inpatients. It emphasizes up-to-date practical information about patient management and includes ample opportunity to practice assessment and calculations. IEDNC Members get a 25% discount on the course.

Visit https://www.mccalldietetics.com to join the course.

IEDNC Members get a 25% discount on the course. Contact us at info@iendc.ca for more detail.

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