Events

Upcoming events

• The RD Toolkit: Strengthening Connections With Patients And Empowering Yourself As A Professional

  • Start
    March 11, 2010
  •  
    01:00 PM - 08:30 PM
  • Location
    Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Silverman Auditorium, 4200 Monument Road, Philadelphia, PA 19131 (215) 581-3757

  Online Registration is Closed. However, registrations are being accepted at the door.
  

  
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  In recognition of National Nutrition Month and Registered Dietitian Day, the PDA invites you to an informative professional development program and dinner event focused on expanding and strengthening the dietetic profession. Come learn tools that EVERY dietitian needs in their “RD Toolkit” to encourage both professional and personal growth. Our speaker panel of nationally and locally recognized experts includes:

  • Althea Zanecosky, MS, RD, LDN: Communications Specialist and Media Spokesperson for Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association. Understand the key elements to include in an introduction, or “elevator pitch” to potential collaborators or clients and its value to career growth.
  • Dr. Michael Baime, MD: Director of the Penn Program for Mindfulness. Discover ways to hinder professional burnout using a mindful approach to stress management.
  • Dr. Susan Gordon, PhD: Clinical Manager, Mood & Eating Disorders Unit at the Belmont Center for Comprehensive Health. When conducting a nutrition assessment, recognize language and behaviors to identify disordered eating, and learn the indications for a higher level of care to treat the disorder.
  • Molly Kellogg, RD, LCSW: Psychotherapist, Nutritionist and Life Coach. Given a limited amount of time in educating or counseling a client, learn how to identify a targeted message and to set appropriate goals and expectations for the encounter. Strategies can be applied to both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
  • Lisa Jones, MA, RD, LDN: Nutrition Communications Consultant, Media Representative for PADA, PR chair for PDA, and Adjunct Professor at LaSalle University.  Learn the principles of a well contructed media sound-byte for use working with the media and public outreach.

  
  

  To complete the evening, enjoy a delicious dinner prepared by Aramark.

  

  
  

  Program Agenda:
  

  Registration and Exhibits	1-2pm
  Althea Zanecosky, MS, RD, LDN	2-3pm
  Dr. Michael Baime, MD	3-4pm
  Dr. Susan Gordon, PhD	4-5pm
  Dinner and Scholarship Awards	5-6pm
  Molly Kellogg, RD, LCSW	6-7pm
  Lisa Jones, MA, RD, LDN	7-8pm
  Evaluations and Wrap-up	8-8:30pm

  The NEW 16th Edition Food Medication Interactions book will be available for purchase.

  **5 credit-hours requested from Commission on Dietetic Registration** 

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• Public Policy Workshop: Kick-Off Event

  • Start
    March 22, 2010
  •  
    03:00 PM - 07:30 PM
  • Location
    Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street, Mellon Bank Center, 52nd Floor, Philadelphia

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  Schedule

  3:00-3:30 Registration

  3:30-4:30 State webinar by PADA

  4:30-5:00 Refreshments

  5:00-6:30 Federal webinar by ADA

  6:30-7:30 Break-out sessions

  Dinner Menu

  Sliced Artisan Bread and Classic Caesar Salad

  Pasta Station including:

  • Penne Pasta with Rosemary Grilled Chicken Breast, Cherry Tomatoes, & Pesto Cream Sauce
  • Grilled Vegetables Agnolotti tossed with confetti of Mediterranean Vegetables & Saffron Herb Sauce

  Dessert: Sliced Fruit and Berries with a Yogurt Dip

  Assorted Soft Drinks, Bottled Water, Coffee, and Hot Tea

  Registration Information:

  Registration is $25, and includes parking, your meal, and ADA registration for the webinar.

  Seating is limited to the first 50 people to register.  The registration deadline is March 5^th.

  Parking
  

  Free parking available at the Crown Plaza Parking Garage, 1800 Market Street. Bring your parking ticket into the event for validation.
  

  
  

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