Nourishing Professional Relationships: Mentorships Supporting Growth and Diversity in Dietetics

The professional formality of mentoring can feel intimidating to some. This panel explores mentoring through a contemporary lens and unravel some of the most asked questions about engaging in a mentorship, sharing both research on the value of professional mentorships as well as personal experiences of growth through mentoring. You'll meet a seasoned RDN who discovered mentoring by being open and committed to sharing with peers and students, while also discovering a professional strength and passion. You'll meet an RDN of an underrepresented minority group in dietetics who is a few years into her career and has pursued mentors to gain confidence, growth and experience on the path from student to RDN, and is now a nutrition director at a company where she mentors dietetic students herself. You'll also meet an entrepreneurial RDN and master's student who has engaged in numerous mentoring relationships, most recently in self-publishing and marketing her 3rd children's nutrition book. Speakers will engage the audience interactively, providing resources and a roadmap to establishing productive mentor relationships and tools—and connections—you can use.

CPE Level: Level 2 (intermediate knowledge/experience)
CPEU: 1.5

Performance Indicators

• 3.1.5 Seeks opportunities for and actively engages in mentoring and mentorship.
• 3.1.1 Identifies strengths and opportunities for improvement in self and in others.
• 2.2.2 Delivers information and opinions in a respectful and professional manner

Learning Objectives

• Describe the key factors of an effective mentor-mentee relationship
• Identify a specific area that you could professionally benefit from seeking an RDN mentor and an area where you have strengths to offer as a mentor to fellow RDN
• Explain some traditional and nontraditional elements for goal setting and steps necessary to ensure a productive and successful mentoring relationship

Moderator

• Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, MA, RDN

Speakers

• Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, MA, RDN
• Lacey Mauritz, MS, RDN, LN
• Jen Nguyen, RDN, CDN, NASM-CPT