Distinguishing entry-level RD and DTR practice: results from the 2010 commission on dietetic registration entry-level dietetics practice audit.

The Commission on Dietetic Registration and its Dietetics Practice Audit Committee recently eported the results of the 2010 Ditetics Practice Audit, which was unertaken primarily to refine and valdate the examinations for the egistered dietitian (RD) and dietetic echnician, registered (DTR) credenials (1). The Committee had secondary bjectives in two areas: investigating ssociations between educational attriutes and practice among entry-level Ds, and identifying distinctions beween entry-level RD and DTR pracice. This article outlines key differnces in demographics, education, xperience, employment, and activty between entry-level RDs (EL Ds) and entry-level DTRs (EL