Background and Philosophy
Submitting the Portfolio-General Questions
- What do I need to send into CDR?
- What is the required timeline for submission?
- If I finish my CPEU requirements early, can I submit them before the end of my 5-year recertification cycle?
- When will I hear if my Step 3: Learning Plan was approved? When will I hear if my Step 4: Learning Activities Log was approved?
- Is it better to submit online or hardcopy?
- Can I fax in my Step 3: Learning Plan or Step 4: Learning Activities Log?
- I’m trying to get online, what is my ID number and password?
Step 3: Learning Plan
- How do I submit my Learning Plan online?
- How do I revise my Step 3: Learning Plan?
- Am I restricted to going to activities related to my Learning Plan?
- I have no idea what I will be doing in the next five years, how should I do a Learning Plan?
- I am not currently working in the field of dietetics, but wish to retain my RD/DTR credential. How do I make the PDP work for me?
- I have a large number of Learning Need Codes under Medical Nutrition Therapy, do I need to write them all down?
- Do I have to have four Learning Need Codes per goal?
- How many goals are required?
- Can’t I just write one goal: “To stay abreast of current nutrition trends in many areas” and list a whole bunch of Learning Need Codes?
- How specific do my goals have to be?
- Under what circumstances could my Learning Plan be rejected?
- Where can I find a list of Learning Need Codes?
- If I send in a revised Learning Plan, will I lose all the CPEUs I earned under my original Learning Plan?
Step 4: Learning Activities Log—Attending Activities
- Where can I find continuing education activities?
- How do I know if a CPE activity will be approved under the Professional Development Portfolio?
- How many hours will I get for attending a particular activity?
- Can I receive credit for attending a conference/seminar that is not pre-approved for RDs/DTRs?
- Is it required that CPE activities have prior-approval by CDR?
- I completed a self-study that doesn’t have prior-approval, how do I go about getting it approved?
- Am I restricted to the CPE activity types I selected on my Step 3: Learning Plan?
- Can I attend activities at any level? What if the program brochure doesn’t list the CPE level?
- Is CPE credit awarded for being an invited speaker or writing books?
Step 4: Learning Activities Log—Filling out the Activity Log
- How do I submit my Step 4: Activity Log online?
- I have accumulated more than my required CPEUs, will my hours roll over?
- My cycle is almost over, and I have not completed all my goals. Do I have to earn credits related to everything on my Learning Plan?
- The Learning Need Code specified in the advertising for the lecture I attended on “Diabetes in Adolescents” was 5190 Diabetes Mellitus, I don’t have 5190 on my plan, but I do have 5080 Adolescent Client Population. What do I do?
- The CPE activity I attended is related to several of my Learning Need Codes. Should I list the same CPE activity on my Step 4: Learning Activities Log multiple times using the different Learning Need Codes?
- I attended a multi-session conference, how do I enter that in my Step 4: Learning Activities Log?
- Under what circumstances could my Step 4: Learning Activities Log be rejected?
- Do I have to log my hours within 120 days of attending the activity?
- How do I report my hours to CDR?
- I am trying to enter activities into my online Activity Log, but I am getting the error message, “Learning Need Code not on plan,” or “Activity not within 120 days of learning plan.”
- My cycle is almost over, what happens for the next cycle?
