I have heard the term dietician technician many times during my classes so far in college, but I am still a little bit puzzled about exactly the difference between a dietician technician and a registered dietician are. After going to the ADA (American Dietician Association) website, my questions were answered. I’ve compiled a little fact about what, and how, a dietician technician, registered is different than a regular registered dietician.
A dietician technician has:
- At least a 2 year associate degree at a accredited university
- Completed 450 hours of supervised practice accredited by CADE (or a bachelors degree
- Completed required coursework for a Didactic Program or Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Passed a national DTR exam administered by CDR
- Continued professional educational requirements
Places of employment:
- Work with Registered Dieticians
- Assisting in providing medial nutritional therapy in health care
- Hospitals
- HMO’s
- Clinics
- Community & Public health settings
- Weight management clinics
- WIC programs as nutrition counselors
- Food companies or food distributing operations
Salaries & job outlook:
- Most DTR’s earn (in first 5 years) between $38,800 and $37,700 per year
- Job market is expected to grow faster than average through the year 2016
- Right now employment is similar to Registered Dieticians
To learn more visit: http://www.eatright.org/students/education/becomeregistered.aspx
Feel free to send me any questions you might have to laura.smith12@huskers.unl.edu
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