Meetings of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 
Continuing Professional Education Credit for 
Registered Dietitians (RD) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTR)

If you are an RD or DTR you can get Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEUs) for 
observing the proceedings of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) via 
the live webinars or by reviewing and discussing materials of past meetings. 

To receive credit, an RD or DTR must organize a “study group” as defined by the American 
Dietetic Association. 

* A study group is a pre-planned group of 3 or more professionals (only 1 must be an RD 
or DTR) who can discuss as a group the topic(s) of focus for the proceedings viewed. 

Viewing the DGAC meetings can be done 2 ways: 
1) live via webinar on the meeting dates or 
2) after the meetings by reviewing materials posted at www.dietaryguidelines.gov. 

* Meetings 1 (Oct 2008) and 2 (Jan 2009) of the DGAC were not held via webinar and, therefore, 
are not available as an archived recording. Transcripts and meeting minutes are available at 
the website above and can be used for a study group. 

* For meetings 3 (Apr 2009), 4 (Nov 2009), 5 (Apr 2010), and 6 (May 2010) transcripts, meeting 
minutes, and archived slide and presentation recordings are/will be available. 

* Archived recordings are posted about one week and transcripts and minutes are posted about 
six to eight weeks after the meeting. 

* Archived recordings will be available for about one year after each meeting date. 

You can submit 1 CPEU for each hour of viewing and/or discussion with your study group. The 
DGAC proceedings generally run one to two days. You can observe/review only a portion, if 
desired, depending on the topic areas of interest. You can see the topic areas listed on each 
agenda posted at www.dietaryguidelines.gov by clicking on the meeting of interest on the right 
menu bar. 

An "Activity Description" is required for your learning activities log and should include: 
* Title/Topic 
* Coordinator 
* Date Completed 
* CPEUs 
* Application of Learning 

Documents to retain for your Professional Development Portfolio include: 
* CPE Agenda/Outline (Objectives, Date, Timeline, Coordinator) 
* Name, address, phone number, and e-mail address or fax number of coordinator 


(Please see section 230 on page 12 of the Professional Development Portfolio manual for 
information about submitting credit for a study group.)