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This short course includes training on cultural awareness for dietitians.

  • The key reference is a booklet.
  • After completing the reading, the participant must complete a short test.
  • This will represent the required annual update in cultural awareness

Available Courses

  • Annual Dietitian Prescribers Update
    This course is the annual update for Dietitian Prescribers.
  • Dietitian Prescribing Course
    This course requires an enrolment key
    The course has been specifically designed to allow New Zealand dietitians to develop a thorough understanding of the legal, administrative and technical issues pertaining to the prescribing of special foods and vitamins, minerals and supplements, and to demonstrate competence in prescribing of these for the purposes of accreditation as a dietitian prescriber.

  • Cultural Competency Course for Dietitians
    This course requires an enrolment key

    This course is designed to assist dietitians in meeting cultural competence requirements of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCAA), and to address the health inequalities affecting Mäori.

    The course complements the NZ Dietitians Boards Guidelines for Cultural Competence. It is based on the resource booklet Best Health Outcomes for Maori: Practice Implications which was prepared for the Medical Council of New Zealand by Mauri Ora Associates.