Retaining Dietitians: Securing Investments in Human Capital

This product is free for MFNS members.

This webinar was presented live on November 16, 2022.

Have you been struggling to retain dietitians in your facility or with your organization? Do your options for retention initiatives seem limited due to language in collective agreements or budgetary limitations? In this session, I will be providing an overview of the available research to guide health administrators and managers seeking to make the most of their investments in human dietetic capital. During this webinar, the speaker will draw on findings from her own studies exploring high turnover in clinical dietetics, retirement decision-making, RDN participation in network marketing and RDN deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 1
Performance Indicators: 1.7.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.5

Learning Objectives

• Identify a minimum of three free or low-cost retention strategies associated with improved dietitian job satisfaction and/or retention.
• Evaluate their own workplaces to identify factors that may be contributing to poor retention of RDs.
• Apply research findings in advocating for resources to support retention of RDs in their workplaces or organizations.

Speaker

Sarah Hewko, PhD, RD

Sarah Hewko, PhD, MHA, RD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at the University of Prince Edward Island.  She is also a private practice RDN, specializing in eating disorders.