Dietitians

ESPEN Dietitians' Group Questionnaire

About Dietitians. The ESPEN Dietitians' Group was formed in 1996 and is the successor to PEEDS (Parenteral and Enteral Dietitians Society). It was the general agreement of the PEEDS Executive Committee that European dietitians could benefit from the umbrellaship of ESPEN, the well-known, established nutrition society, which in recent years has significantly increased its interest and focus of nutrition education. This has lead PEEDS to become the ESPEN Dietitians' Group.

The Dietitians' Group aims to become a well-recognised identity in nutrition and dietetics within Europe. In order to do so, we are proposing some tentative aims for the group. We will welcome any comments you may have.

Aims of the Group

The ESPEN Dietitians' Group will

• Actively participate in nutrition education for dietitians and health care professionals through participation in the ESPEN Congress

• Support the activities of ESPEN Educational Committee

• Participate in the development of consensus papers on nutrition and nutrition support

• Encourage networking and mentoring opportunities among dietitians in Europe

• Encourage participation of dietitians in multi-disciplinary nutrition care teams

• Encourage the setting and achieving of high standards of practice by dietitians working in nutritional support

• Stimulate dietitians to undertake research and offer mentoring opportunities for them

• Develop a database of members of the ESPEN Dietitians' Group

The ESPEN Dietitians' Group currently has one representative in the Educational Committee of ESPEN. For the past years Pat Howard, State Registered Dietitian, Bristol, England, then Luiza Kent-Smith, Registered Dietitian, Professor of Nutrition, Porto, Portugal, have represented dietitians in this committee. Generally the Organizing Committee for each Congress also has a dietitian representative. Past congresses have offered continuing education for Dietitians and in both Geneva and Nice, we also had a lunchtime meeting. About 60-80 dietitians attended each of these meetings, suggesting a strong interest of dietitians to meet colleagues. We are planning to continue to hold this meeting at upcoming conference to permit dietitians to network during the ESPEN Congress.

There is also a brief questionnaire. We would be very greatful if you could complete and return it. This will help us to identify the interests of members and to establish a membership list.

The group only accepts ESPEN members. If you're not a member yet, please join us!

Contact Dietitians

The ESPEN Dietitians' Group can only reflect your interests and answer your needs if you tell us what these are! We look forward to hearing from you and to receiving your suggestions.

Geila Rozen, PhD, RD
Director, Clinical Nutrition Department
Rambam Medical Center
P.O. Box 9602

31096 Haifa
Israel

E-Mail rgeila@rambam.health.gov.il
Tel. +972 4 +97248543055
Fax +972 4 +97248542968