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DEP Area Meeting Presentation Spring 2011

CDR’s Entry-Level Registration Examinations for Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians: Dietetics Practice Audit & Test Specification Development. DEP Area Meeting Presentation Spring 2011. Questions you may be asking…. Why a certification examination? What should be on the test?.

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DEP Area Meeting Presentation Spring 2011

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  1. CDR’s Entry-Level Registration Examinations for Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians: Dietetics Practice Audit & Test Specification Development DEP Area Meeting Presentation Spring 2011

  2. Questions you may be asking… • Why a certification examination? • What should be on the test?

  3. Protect the Public

  4. Questions you may be asking… • Why a certification examination? • What should be on the test, anyway?

  5. First Step……………. Practice Analysis, Practice Audit, Job Analysis

  6. What is a Dietetics Practice Audit (DPA)? • Quantitative measure of what dietitians and dietetic technicians actually do in practice • Comparisons of those measures with previous practice audits

  7. What is a Dietetics Practice Audit (DPA)? • Identification of distinctions between entry-level RD and DTR practice • Empirically investigate adequacy of “entry-level” operationally defined in the past as the first three years following registration

  8. Dietetics Practice AuditSample Size and Response Rate Sample Response RD 4,285 74% DTR 855 69%

  9. The Audit Questionnaire - RD 166 Activity Statements Ways Involved Frequency Risk 7 Demographic Questions

  10. The Audit Questionnaire - DTR 142 Activity Statements Ways Involved Frequency Risk 7 Demographic Questions

  11. RD Percent Involvementby Category

  12. DTR Percent Involvement by Category

  13. Application & Implementation of the Dietetics Practice Audit Results

  14. Computer Weightings • ACT psychomatricians combined the two scales of data: Frequency & Risk • Result is: Ordinal Data

  15. Scale Values RiskFrequency High = 5 Daily = 4 Moderate = 3, 4 Weekly = 3 Low = 1, 2 Monthly = 2 Less = 1 Risk is more important than Frequency

  16. Risk, Frequency Recoding Scale Risk Frequency Rank

  17. Procedure • The Ordinal Data were evaluated using a test specification development software package • Each task was assigned a specific weight

  18. Test Specification Development Meeting February 2011 Test Specification Update Panel including Employers of Entry-Level RDs/DTRs met to evaluate data presented by ACT.

  19. Registration Examination For Dietitians Test Specifications – effective January 1, 2012

  20. Sub-Score Comparison for the Registration Examination for Dietitians for 2007 and 2012

  21. Registration Examination For Dietetic Technicians Test Specifications effective January 1, 2012

  22. Sub-Score Comparison for the Registration Examination for Dietetic Technicians 2007 and 2012

  23. Reclassification • Current items are re- classified according to the new domain/topic • Topic areas that need additional questions to fulfill the new content outline are identified • Item writer assignments are made

  24. Next Steps Study Guides (September 2011) www.cdrnet.org Journal Article to be Published June 2011

  25. Future CDR Sponsored Webinars • Test Specifications – The Development Process • Passing Score Studies – How the Process Works • Exam Candidate Eligibility and the Testing Experience • Examination Candidate Scores Reports • Registration Examination 5-Year Summary Reports: How to Use Data and Track Trends and Evaluate Program Success

  26. Item Writer Volunteers Needed • Access the form on CDR’s web site and make a copy http://www.cdrnet.org/PDFs/itemwritingvolunteerform.pdf • Fill it out and mail it to: Kay Manger-Hague at CDR, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, 60606-6995 • Or fax it to 312/899-4772 to Kay’s attention

  27. The session is now open for questions…

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