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ForwardWebinar: Advancing the Physician-Dietitian Intersection in Research, Practice, and Policy
Nutrition is foundational to health, yet it remains underrepresented in clinical decision-making and policy. An abundance of barriers, including food and nutrition insecurity, how food is marketed and advertised, access/affordability of healthy foods, and behavioral challenges stand in the way of healthier dietary patterns for many Americans.1 But here’s the good news: Interprofessional teams—especially the physician-dietitian alliance—can drive impactful research, help integrate Food is Medicine (FIM) programs into care, and advocate for the creation and implementation of nutrition-forward policy.
Join Kristen Hicks-Roof, PhD, RDN, LDN, FAND, FNAP, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, from 2-3:30 p.m. ET, for a webinar that explores how collaboration between the physician and dietitian – and across the entire care team – can strengthen patient care and health outcomes and have a transformative effect on health care overall. Whether you work in clinical care, private practice, academia, or administration, you’ll walk away with actionable strategies to elevate nutrition across the continuum of care and within the care team.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education activity, health care professionals will better be able to:
- Identify at least three opportunities where the health care team can partner to improve clinical outcomes through integrated care models.
- Describe how Food is Medicine (FIM) initiatives can be co-led and strengthened by physician-dietitian collaboration.
- Outline ways both professions can jointly be involved in nutrition-related research and public policy at the system level.
- Analyze the value of interdisciplinary education and communication in promoting nutrition as a core element of patient-centered care.
Additional Information
Dr. Kristen Hicks-Roof is an RD and Director of Human Nutrition at the National Pork Board. Prior to this role, she was an academic researcher focused on expanding the role of dietitians on the health care team and making dietitian connections around the globe. Dr. Hicks-Roof has extensive expertise in nutrition research and research translation to the health professional audience.
Disclosures:
The faculty and planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
Physicians:
Great Valley Publishing designates this live material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dietitians:
This activity will also award 1.5 CDR CPEU credits for dietetics. Completion of this RD/DTR profession specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60-minute hour = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner's discretion.
Interprofessional:
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.5 IPCE credits for learning and change.
Available Credit
- 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
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