Study Guide: Gluten Free: The Definitive Resource Guide

This continuing education activity, Gluten Free: The Definitive Resource Guide, Revised Edition, consists of a book of the same title by Shelley Case, BSc, RD and this Study Guide. This continuing education activity is designed to help you understand the indications for a gluten-free diet and have accurate, evidence-based information for you to share with your clients/patients to help them adhere to a gluten-free diet. It is also designed to help you earn 18 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU).  

Learning Objectives

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

  1. Discuss the symptoms and diagnostic standards for celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and dermatitis herpetiformis. 
  2. Counsel patients and clients on how to identify sources of gluten in foods, ingredients, and additives. 
  3. Identify potential nutrient deficiencies of individuals with celiac disease.
  4. Teach clients the fundamentals of reading food labels as a necessity to adhere to a gluten-free diet.  
  5. Teach clients how to prevent exposure to cross-contact between gluten-free and gluten-containing foods and ingredients. 

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 18.00 CDR
Course opens: 
05/15/2024
Course expires: 
05/14/2027
Cost:
$195.95
Rating: 
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Patti H. Perks, MS, RDN, CNSC is a nutrition support specialist in the Neonatal ICU at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital and assistant manager of Pediatric Nutrition Services. Patti obtained her BS in Nutrition Science from Cornell University and her MS in Nutrition Science from James Madison University. She completed her internship in Clinical Dietetics at the University of Virginia Health System. Patti has been a certified nutrition support specialist since 2001. In addition to teaching interns, residents, nurse practitioners, and dietitians in clinical settings, she is a founding and active member of the Virginia Neonatal Nutrition Association, a nonprofit, educational organization for health care providers who provide nutritional care to infants and young children. 

 

Patti H. Perks, MS, RDN, CNSC, 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

  • 18.00 CDR

Price

Cost:
$195.95
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