Career Info for Students
Have your students and prospects visited the CDM Career website? Designed especially for individuals considering or pursing a career in dietary management, CDMcareer.info offers a wealth of information and a free ToolKit.
Exam Results FAQ
If your students have recently taken the certification exam and have questions, we invite them to review the frequently asked questions >>
Instructors' Login
The DMA Instructors’ Resource Center is a collection of forms and documents frequently used by administrators and instructors affiliated with DMA-approved training programs. Login >>
(For login information, please contact DMA's Education Dept. at 800.323.1908.)
Credentialing Exam
The 2010 CDM, CFPP Credentialing Exam will be offered March 27 and October 30. The complete brochure with the exam application is now available (PDF file) >>
Budgeting Basics
Advance your practical skills in managing a dietary operations budget. NEW interactive CE from DMA; 5 hrs CE. Register in the DMA Marketplace >>
Documentation Readiness
Nutrition Documentation Readiness for CDM, CFPPs, a new online course, is designed to enhance your clinical nutrition practice competencies. It is a tool for CDM, CFPPs to assure that your competencies are relevant to current nutrition documentation skills. Order in the DMA Marketplace >>
Food Protection Connection
Experts agree. The Listeria monocytogenes hazard in food calls for unusual vigilance. This deadly bacterium also
resists some of the common food protection practices, because it can continue to grow under
refrigeration.
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CDM's Role in Nutrition Care
Since the release of updated guidance from CMS, which took effect Sept. 1, 2008, DMA members as well as related health professionals have been asking questions about role delineation and what the CDM, CFPP is qualified and authorized to do. Click on the links below to read more about the CMS response and nutrition care tools.
- CMS letter to the CBDM (PDF) >>
- CDM, CFPP's Role in Nutrition Care (PDF) >>
- CDM, CFPP Self-Assessment Tool (PDF) >>
- Practice Standard for Documenting in the Medical Record >>
- Nutrition Screening Flow Chart (PDF) >>
- CDM, CFPP Scope of Practice >>
- Webinar - "Nutrition Care - Scope of Practice for the CDM" >>
(member price $50)
Meet the DMA Staff
Meet all the members of the DMA staff through an interactive picture that shows you everyone’s names, faces, and title. DMA Staff Page >>
Nutrition Connection
Dealing With Dementia
About 60 percent of assisted living residents and 69 percent of extended care residents in the US have dementia. Various food and nutrition-related problems
surface during different stages of the disease. Here are strategies for dietary managers.
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