Professional Practice

Are you working in an independent or contract setting? Practising dietetics requires liability insurance.

In these challenging times, finding ways to support our mental health is more important than ever.

Seven helpful suggestions on building individual capacity and capacity in the healthcare team to keep up with quality, client-centered care.

The Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) requires custodians to protect personal health information.

Thinking of closing your private practice? Are you retiring or moving out of a private practice setting? Here are three...

The assessment of capacity must be based on observations about the client rather than presumptions, generalizations or stereotypes.

Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 was significantly amended in 2020 to address the management of electronic health information.

When being pressured by clients or peers, you might find it difficult to say that you cannot backdate an invoice.

Dietitians are encouraged to keep abreast of emerging issues related to edible cannabis and to incorporate approaches that will enhance...

Dietetic treatment can include counselling, psychotherapy which is not the controlled act, and it can also include psychotherapy, which is...

Facilities have the right to impose limitations on what their staff does. If a dietitian is associated with a LTC...

Referrals should always be based on client need and focused on providing safe, competent and ethical dietetic services.

Use your annual Self-Directed Learning Tool to help you set and achieve goals for improving your record keeping practices.

Dietitians must always be fit to practice and must always be able to provide ethical, competent and safe client services...

What is the difference between boundary crossings and conflicts of interest?

When dietitians recommend a package of sessions to a client, the offer should be based on the client’s need only,...

There are several provisions in the Professional Misconduct Regulation that apply to an RD’s billing practices.

In this scenario, it’s important to remember that long-term care is not delivered in isolation.