Conferences & Webinars
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The 2025 Annual Conference will be on April 11, 2025, at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI. Up to 9 CPEUs will be available for the one-day conference, which will include a poster session and exhibitor hall! Check back frequently for details.
Friday Forums Webinar Series
Back by popular demand! MiAND will host five webinars from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on the Fridays listed below. We have some interesting topics and dynamic speakers and we invite and encourage you to attend all the webinars.
Register today and get a chance to earn a FREE registration to a MiAND webinar!
As an ongoing appreciation and thank you to our members, MiAND is awarding one free registration to a future MiAND webinar. Could YOU be the lucky winner?
Here’s how it works: At the end of the presentations (except November 22), our MiAND moderator will choose a number from within the range of registrations. The name attached to that number will be announced, and the recipient will receive free registration for one future MiAND webinar. Note: The winner must be present to win. If you purchased the webinar series, you will receive credit for a future webinar.
- MiAND Active Members
- One webinar: $18
- One webinar: $18
- MiAND Retirees, Dietetic Students, and Interns
- One webinar: $15
- One webinar: $15
- Non-members: Includes Michigan non-members, other Academy Affiliate members, and non-RDN professionals
- One webinar: $30
Not a member? Join the Academy today to receive our member webinar prices!
Get the benefit of a Two for One – Academy and Michigan Academy membership. To be eligible for member webinar pricing you must join before registering and at least 2 weeks before the scheduled webinar.
Go to: www.eatrightpro.org/Join or call the Academy Member Service Center at (800) 877-1600 Ext. 5000. Be sure to use the code “MI25” to save the $25 processing fee, and list Michigan as your affiliate state!
Presentation Highlights
Join us for an interactive presentation discussing precepting. The presentation will discuss competency-based learning, tips and tricks for time management while precepting, and how to tailor the experience to be mutually beneficial.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss competency-based learning and how to provide beneficial learning experiences for interns
- Describe the benefits of precepting interns and identify opportunities for improving time management when precepting
- Implement techniques for precepting that provide a mutually positive experience
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 4.1.1, 4.1.5, 10.2.1
- Level 1
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
- If you purchase the webinar but are unable to attend the live session, you will have the option to access the recording and take a post-assessment quiz to earn your CPE credit.
About the Presenter
Nichole Anguilm, MS, RDN
Nichole has been an RD for 8 years. She started her collegiate career at Michigan State University earning her Bachelor of Sciences in Dietetics. She then completed her Master of Nutrition and Human Performance at Logan University. Since then, her work experience has included both outpatient and inpatient, leadership positions, working within the rare disease space as a metabolic dietitian, and most recently in academia as a faculty team member at GVSU. Outside of the professional space Nichole has two young children, a 2.5-year-old and 8 month-old, and enjoys a delicious cup of coffee!
Presentation Highlights
Psychological Trauma, often caused by Adverse Childhood Experiences, negatively impacts a client’s health outcomes. Psychological Trauma has been shown to create looping feelings of shame and guilt that thwart a client’s efforts toward stability of self-care and weight management. This session will educate clinicians on the broad scope of the effects of psychological trauma and the tenants of Trauma Informed Care, including how to carefully identify when a trauma history exists and how to engage clients in meaningful, and healing conversations. Attendees will learn the 5 concepts of Trauma Informed Care and several unique skills that clinicians can immediately incorporate into their practice to improve client outcomes and reduce clinician burnout.
Learning Objectives
- After participating in this session, attendees should be able to identify 3 types of developmental trauma and discuss their impact on the decision-making process.
- After participating in this session, attendees should be able to integrate the 5 principles of providing trauma-informed care.
- After participating in this session, attendees should be able to demonstrate a Values Sort exercise to help facilitate the delivery of trauma-informed care.
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 1.7, 3.1.1, 5.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.6.2, 10.6.4, 10.6.11
- Level 1
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
- Due to changes made by CDR regarding CPE, if you are unable to attend the live session, you can view the recording and receive your CPEU certificate after completing a post-recording quiz. Contact Megan Armstrong with any questions.
About the Presenter
Julie Feldman, MPH, RD
Julie is a nationally recognized RD and author whose work has spanned multiple areas of practice. Julie was the media representative for the Michigan Dietetic Association early on in her career. Through that avenue, Julie became an often-featured RD on NBC News, FOX 2 News, and ABC News in her hometown area of Metro Detroit. Julie‘s passion for public speaking and connecting the dots between trauma and nutrition led to her creation of the Trauma Informed Counseling session for the CDR Certificate in Training in Obesity Interventions for Pediatrics and Adults.
Presentation Highlights
Lymphedema affects more Americans than ALS, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, MS, and HIV combined, yet, few dietitians have heard of it, or are aware of the important role that nutrition therapy can play in this physically and socially challenging condition. This presentation will review the lymphatic system functions, lymphedema, and nutrition strategies to assist. This is a must-see for dietitians who work in oncology, bariatrics, and surgery and an excellent introduction to an under-diagnosed and under-treated condition that affects an estimated 10 million Americans.
Learning Objectives
- State at least 3 functions of the lymphatic system.
- Identify at least 3 risk factors for lymphedema.
- List at least 3 nutrition strategies to help manage lymphedema.
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 9.2.1, 9.2.3
- Level 1
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.
- Due to changes made by CDR regarding CPE, if you are unable to attend the live session, you can view the recording and receive your CPEU certificate after completing a post-recording quiz. Contact Megan Armstrong with any questions.
About the Presenter
Jean LaMantia, BASc, RD
Jean is a registered dietitian, cancer survivor and author of three books on the topics of Lymphedema, Cancer and Intermittent Fasting. She is also the creator of daily and weekly journals to help individuals with lymphedema, lipedema and food sensitivities track and learn about the impact of diet and self-care on their health. She is the creator and facilitator of Lymphedema Nutrition School, an on-line program to help people living with lymphedema as well as a professional CE course for dietitians and lymphedema therapists to help educate and advocate for nutritional management of lymphedema. She has also created other short courses and webinars on various topics related to lymphedema, cancer and complementary therapies. You can find out more about Jean and read her blog at www.jeanlamantia.com.
Presentation Highlights
Malnutrition is influenced by many factors, including the environment, policies, and community, making social determinants of health (SDOH) a key factor when evaluating malnutrition diagnosis, treatment, and transitions of care. The Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS), the first nutrition-focused electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), was identified as a key measure to improve rural health, SDOH, and food insecurity. This session explores the importance of credentialed dietetics practitioners in improving health equity through malnutrition care utilizing the GMCS and its framework.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how malnutrition care can impact health equity improvement for the Michigan population.
- Illustrate credentialed dietetics practitioners’ importance in improving health equity by identifying and addressing malnutrition.
- Review best practices for quality improvement and quality measurement for bridging gaps in care.
- Describe how the implementation of GMCS can help promote quality care and address health equity.
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.4.2, 2.4.4, 8.4.4, 8.4.5, 8.4.10
- Level 2
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s (CDR) CPE Prior Approval Program.
- Due to changes made by CDR regarding CPE, if you are unable to attend the live session, you can view the recording and receive your CPEU certificate after completing a post-recording quiz. Contact Megan Armstrong with any questions.
About the Presenter
Anne Coltman, MSHA, MS, RDN, FAND, FACHE
Anne Coltman is the Senior Director of Quality, Standards, and Interoperability for the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Anne has previous experience as a nutrition support dietitian in surgical critical care, a clinical nutrition leader, and a hospital operations senior leader with a wide variety of experience implementing malnutrition initiatives with a focus on quality. She is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Fellow of both the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Tamaire (Tammy) Ojeda, MHSA, RDN, LD
Tammy is the Senior Manager of Quality Initiatives and Improvement at the Commission on Dietetic Registration, applying her knowledge, experience, and skills to develop and promote quality improvement programs. She previously served as the Food Service Manager and Outpatient Clinical Dietitian at a Veteran’s Health Administration Facility and holds a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and is Green Belt Trained. She has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for 18 years with experience in Acute Care, outpatient, higher level education, and community settings. Tammy has always been an advocate for quality care and has always worked on quality initiatives that focused on improving service to all patients.
Presentation Highlights
Patients living with wounds face nutritional challenges, which can greatly affect their ability to heal unless properly addressed. Nutrition science has reached the next level as our understanding of protein, amino acids, and the collagen dipeptides prolyl-hydroxyproline (PO) and hydroxypropyl glycine (OG), has grown. This session will describe the macro and micronutrients required for successful healing.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the detrimental effects of malnutrition and loss of lean body mass on wound healing
- Identify the key macro- and micronutrients needed to build new tissue
- Illustrate the function of collagen dipeptides in the wound-healing process
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 9.1.1; 9.2.1; 9.2.2; 9.2.3; 9.2.4
- Level 2
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s (CDR) CPE Prior Approval Program.
- Due to changes made by CDR regarding CPE, if you are unable to attend the live session, you can view the recording and receive your CPEU certificate after completing a post-recording quiz. Contact Megan Armstrong with any questions..
Commercial support is provided by Medtrition.
Nancy Collins, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND
Dr. Collins is a wound care certified RDN based in Las Vegas, NV. She is known nationally for her expertise in the complex relationships between malnutrition, body composition, and tissue regeneration. Dr. Collins has over 30 years of wound care experience in a variety of care settings. In addition, she has published dozens of articles and columns in wound care journals including Wound Management and Prevention and Advances in Skin and Wound Care. She has presented nutrition topics at every major wound meeting, authored six textbook chapters on wound care nutrition, and has served on multiple advisory boards. Due to her expertise in wound healing, Dr. Collins is often retained as a medico-legal expert. She has consulted on over 500 medical malpractice and wrongful death suits. Dr. Collins has a long history of service to the nutrition profession and has served as president of the Florida Dietetic Association, chair of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs practice group, delegate in the House of Delegates and numerous other positions including several Evidence Analysis Library work groups. Currently, she is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics representative to the Alliance on Wound Care Stakeholders.
About the Presenter
Presentation Highlights
Encountering disordered eating is unavoidable in a dietitian’s line of work regardless of the area of practice. Many clinicians can see the red flags but lack the training to know what to do next. This session will help attendees feel confident in spotting disordered eating and knowing how to handle it.
Learning Objectives
- Identify disordered eating in non-eating disorder clinic settings
- Diagnose disordered eating based on cognitive and behavioral characteristics rather than body appearance
- Navigate conversations with patients around suspected disordered eating
- Identify when to make a referral and how to facilitate that process
Continuing Education
- Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 5.2, 9.2, 11.2
- Level 1
- This webinar awards 1 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s (CDR) CPE Prior Approval Program.
- Due to changes made by CDR regarding CPE, if you are unable to attend the live session, you can view the recording and receive your CPEU certificate after completing a post-recording quiz. Contact Megan Armstrong with any questions.
About the Presenter
Theresa Hedrick, MS, RDN, LDN
Theresa is a dietitian who specializes in treating eating disorders and gastrointestinal disorders. She is passionate about helping people develop a more joyful relationship with food and find peace with their bodies. Prior to starting her own practice, she spent years coaching patients at Emory University Hospital Midtown through lifestyle changes and teaching the basics of nutrition at Oregon State and Georgia State Universities. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed and popular press articles and has been featured as a nutrition expert in interviews with Senior Voice America, Spry Magazine, and Mom Talk Radio, among others.
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