Study Guide: The Health Professional’s Guide to Nutrition Management of Thyroid Disease

This continuing education activity, The Health Professional’s Guide to Nutrition Management of Thyroid Disease, consists of a book and Study Guide of the same title by Nicole Anziani, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES. This continuing education activity is designed to help you demonstrate your practical and clinical knowledge while working with people with thyroid disease. It is also designed to help you earn 28 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU). 

 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will better be able to: 

  1. Discuss an overview of the thyroid gland and its functions as relevant to dietetics practice. 

  1. Communicate potential health benefits of various foods and dietary patterns in the management of thyroid diseases and dispel myths regarding unhealthy practices. 

  1. Counsel clients and patients in meeting recommended intakes for calories, protein, iodine, and other key nutrients related to thyroid disease. 

  1. Assess the use of alternative therapies for hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and thyroid cancer and their appropriateness within the scope of dietetics practice and American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines. 

  1. Identify scenarios where a physician or specialist should be sought for referral or follow-up. 

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 28.00 CDR
Course opens: 
06/12/2024
Course expires: 
06/11/2027
Cost:
$235.95
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Nicole Anziani, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, with a focus on the management of thyroid conditions. She received her BS at the University of California, Berkeley, an MS at New York University, and completed her dietetic internship at the James J Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. As a thyroid cancer survivor, Anziani’s passion and mission are to make nutrition care information for thyroid conditions easily accessible to practitioners and patients. She is the author of The Health Professional’s Guide to Nutrition Management of Thyroid Disease; the first RD peer-reviewed, American Thyroid Association physician-reviewed, and evidence-based practice guidebook to instruct dietitians and allied healthcare professionals on MNT for thyroid disease, published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2020. Additionally, she was a founding member of the Board of the American College of Thyroidology. You can find her on Instagram as @thyroidnutritionist, creating free thyroid- and nutrition-related content for people with thyroid conditions. 

Disclosures: 
Nicole Anziani, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients 

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).

RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Available Credit

  • 28.00 CDR

Price

Cost:
$235.95
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