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Innovative Training for New Clinicians: Elevating Patient Care through Effective Onboarding

Sunday, October 6, 2024

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102 ABCDEF

Level: Level 2 (intermediate knowledge/experience)

Tracks: Public Health, Staffing Strategies

CPE: 1.5

Description

Effective workforce orientation and training is crucial to the quality of nutrition care provided, equipping new employees with skills to independently apply evidenced based knowledge coupled with clinical judgement, and supporting the professional development of dietitians and dietetic technicians we can see increasing staff retention. As the hours of supervised practice have been reduced from 1200 to 1000 and meaningful, clinical specialties, including pediatrics, nutrition support, transplant nutrition, etc, are not always offered as part of experiential learning, a few pediatric institutions have trail blazed employing experienced dietitians in the role of department educators. The educator’s primary role is onboarding new staff, teaching the Nutrition Care Process and site-specific documentation, developing competencies for new and current staff, providing resources for continuing education, and serving as mentors. While this model is practiced in pediatric hospitals it could translated into other major academic healthcare systems. Session attendees will learn components of developing an effective onboarding and training program through an interactive panel that includes an opportunity for the audience to practice skills learned..

Planned with the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group Dietetic Practice Group

Learning Objectives

  • State the components for planning a successful orientation and training program for newly hired RDNs.
  • Define different methods to assess competency during orientation and training.
  • Demonstrate feedback statements that can be provided during the orientation and training period.

Performance Indicators

  • 5.2.2 Leads or participates on teams to design electronic programs, applications or systems to support nutrition and dietetic deliverables.
  • 14.3.3 Communicates purpose and desired outcomes to stakeholders in order to achieve project objectives and goals.
  • 2.2.2 Delivers information and opinions in a respectful and professional manner.

Speakers

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    Elisabeth Hastings

    Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Texas Children’s Hospital

    Lisa Hastings, MPH, RD, CSP, LD is a Clinical Nutrition Specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Mrs. Hastings received her undergraduate degree in Nutrition from the University of Houston and her Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Texas Houston School of Public Health. She has worked as a clinical and community dietitian for over 20 years with previous special interests in wellness nutrition, sports nutrition, and adolescents/young adults with obesity, PCOS, and eating disorders. Currently she specializes in pediatric clinical dietitian training, quality improvement, and evidenced based clinical practice. In addition, she teaches a nutrition course at Rice University and conducts various nutrition research through Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Mrs. Hastings is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, including various dietetic practice groups, and serves on the board of the Texas Academy Foundation, which raises money for dietetic student scholarships.
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    Jeanna Jackson

    Senior Clinical Director of Nutrition Therapy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

    Jeanna is currently the Senior Clinical Director of Nutrition Therapy at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at Cincinnati, OH. She oversees a staff of 155 Registered Dietitians, Diet Technicians, Registered, International Board Certified Lactation Consultatnts, Formula Room Technicians and the Human Milk and Formula Center. Before becoming a clinical nutrition manager, Jeanna served as an education specialist at Children's of Alabama and continues to have a passion for mentoring others and life long learning. She is currently Chair-Elect for the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group DPG.
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    Robin Kohnhorst

    Clinical Dietitian, Texas Children’s Hospital

    Robin has been a clinical dietitian in the Complex Care Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital. Prior to this she worked as a dietitian for the Houston Independent School District. She received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M and her master's degree from Sam Houston State University. She is a member of the Houston Pediatric Nutrition Group.

Moderator

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    Amy Reed

    Education Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

    Amy Reed is a pediatric dietitian and educational specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. For more than 20 years, she has treated infants, children, and teens with selective eating issues, as well as those with complex medical problems that require tube feeding. Reed has held several leadership positions in the Academy's Pediatric Nutrition dietetic practice group and is a credentialed specialist in pediatric nutrition. She is a graduate of Miami University and earned a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati. She currently serves as the Education Specialist for the Nutrition Therapy Department at Cincinnati Children's, where she is active in the onboarding and training of new RDs and interns.

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