Welcome to the Continuing Education section of the Global MIG website. Here, you will find ideas for and access to educational opportunities that can connect you to the world of international and intercultural nutrition and increase your capacity in nutrition and nutrition sensitive topics as well as international development and humanitarian action. For some of the offerings, you will be able to obtain CPEUs from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Others will be solely for the purpose of increasing your knowledge and abilities to work at a level of excellence. The Education Committee is working to certify more organizations as providers of CPE for the Academy, however, currently, besides the Academy and any of the DPGs or MIGs, credits will be granted for all activities from the following organizations only:
American Academy of Family Physicians - AAFP
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – AANP
American Academy of Physician Assistants – AAPA
Organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education –
ACCME A list of these organizations can be found here: https://www.accme.org/publications/list-all-currently-accredited-cme-providers
Organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education – ACPE
A list of these organizations can be found here: https://www.acpe-accredit.org/accredited-providers-by-org-name/
American Nurses Credentialing Center – ANCC
American Psychiatric Association – APA
American Psychological Association – APA
American Public Health Association – APHA
You will also note that credit is not automatically granted for some types of continuing education, even if provided by accredited providers. Under each individual type heading below, requirements beyond attendance, if any, are noted. We have tried to denote which offerings can be submitted for CPEUs, but check against the PDP guide to verify if you have questions. Find that here: https://www.cdrnet.org/vault/2459/web/files/PDP Guide—2019.pdf
It is the responsibility of the individual RD for management of all documentation of CPEUs suggested on this site.
If you know of an opportunity not listed that would be of interest to our members, please send a link and any additional pertinent information to GMIG@eatright.org.
Conferences
Conferences attended live may be claimed for CPEU if they pertain to nutrition or nutrition sensitive topics. The organization does not have to be on the above list but should be a legitimate and recognized organization or CDR may not accept the credits. You should only claim CPE for those parts of the conference which are nutrition related if there are other topics included in the conference.
FNCE®
If you attended FNCE® in a given year, you will receive credit for online viewing of any sessions from that year free of charge. If you did not attend, there will be a cost for each presentation. Access the FNCE® presentations at the Eatright Store on the Academy website.
Check out the FNCE® sessions by the numbers displayed below. There may be others you will find relevant to international or inter-cultural work, but the sessions listed have been screened by the Education Committee and are suggested for GMIG members.
2017 FNCE® Sessions: Cost of each session is $32 if you did not attend FNCE® 2017
Suggested sessions: 118, 126, 128, 160, 266, 272, 274, 276, 311, 312, 313
2018 FNCE® Sessions: Cost of each session is $32 if you did not attend FNCE® 2018
Suggested sessions: 125, 137, 142, 207, 338, 343, 423, 437, 509, 511
2019 FNCE® Sessions: Cost of each session is $24 if you did not attend FNCE® 2019
Suggested sessions: 155, 161, 177, 226, 239, 240, 265, 285, 296, 301, 384
2020 FNCE® Sessions: There are no numbers associated with the sessions from this year, but there are some sessions that will be of interest to GMIG members. Members will need to go to the Eatright Store and review the sessions to find those with global relevance.
Upcoming Conferences
For other relevant conferences, please see Events under the “Home” tab. You may be requested to provide an itemized list of lectures attended at annual meetings or conferences if your PDP is audited.
Recorded Conferences
Please note that recorded conferences will not be allowed for credit unless they have been pre-approved by CDR or are provided by an organization that has been approved as a CPE provider by CDR as noted above.
Webinars
Live webinars from many organizations are allowed for CPEUs as long as they relate to nutrition and dietetics in some way. Many of the organizations listed under the External Relations drop down on the GMIG home page provide live webinars on occasion.
New as of January 2020, CDR is mandating the Critical Thinking Self-Study Evaluation Tool be completed by the learner for all self-study CPE activities recorded after January 1, 2020. This does not affect recorded pre-approved CPE webinars or Code 175 webinars. Click here to view the tool and explanation.
If you join the email list of the organizations listed below, you will receive information about upcoming webinars, some of which pertain to nutrition, nutrition sensitive topics or employment with international organizations:
Devex www.devex.com
The New Humanitarian www.thenewhumanitarian.org
The Humanitarian Leadership Academy www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org
It is always best to obtain a certificate after watching a webinar to retain as a record of your participation. If one is not available, you will want to keep a record of date, topic, organization providing the webinar and presenters(s).
Upcoming Webinars
Recorded Webinars
Credit will not be granted for recorded webinars from any organization other than the Academy and its affiliates and the organizations listed in the Educational Opportunities introduction. If a webinar from one of these organizations was not pre-approved for CPE, the self-study tool will be required.
GMIG Webinar - From Flip Charts to Interactive Apps: The Evolution of a Nonprofit Global Nutrition Program
The cost is $0 for GMIG members and offers 1.0 CPEU.
GMIG Webinar - Dietitian in a Conflict Zone: Managing a World Food Program Contract in Tigray, Ethiopia
The cost is $0 for GMIG members and offers 1.0 CPEU.
GMIG Webinar - Diversity and Inclusion in Three Global Communities: Perspectives from Ghana, Honduras, and Laos
The cost is $0 for GMIG members and offers 1.0 CPEU.
GMIG Webinar - An International Nutrition Career: "What do you do anyway?"
The cost is $0 for GMIG members and offers 1.0 CPEU.
GMIG Webinar - Psychiatric Culinary Medicine: A Global Conversation
The cost is $0 for GMIG members and offers 1.0 CPEU.
GMIG Webinar - Strengthening Global Nutrition Capacity through Effective Volunteer Programs
The cost is $0 for GMIG members, $24 for Academy members, and $54 for non-members.
GMIG Webinar - New Horizons: Nutrition and Dietetic Experiences in Low-Resource International Settings
Only available to GMIG members. 1.25 CPEU was offered for the live event.
Protecting, promoting and supporting IYCF during the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections and recommendations: Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Covid-19 Children and Health
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health
Power and Priorities, Equitable Partnerships in Agriculture and Nutrition
Watch it here: https://anh-academy.org/academy-news-events/event/webinar-power-and-priorities-equitable-partnerships-agriculture-nutrition
Emergency Nutrition Network
Strengthening the Humanitarian-Development Nexus for Nutrition
Watch it here: https://www.ennonline.net/mediahub/video/hdnwebinar2020
USAID, Advancing Nutrition
Engaging Family Members for Improved Maternal and Child Nutrition in Low-and Middle-income Countries
Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/432557234
Courses
In-person Courses
Online Courses
There are excellent free online courses offered by well-known and recognized international NGOs and bi-lateral organizations. Often, the original purpose of providing these courses online was to train and increase capacity of staff in remote places. Over time, these courses were made easy to find and open to anyone interested. Now, many of these organizations have collaborated to post their courses on a single platform. By accessing one of the platforms, you will find many excellent courses on nutrition, development, humanitarian management, monitoring and evaluation, and many other related topics. Unfortunately, we cannot obtain credit (yet) for these excellent courses, but the Education Committee is working toward getting them accredited by CDR. Search for “nutrition” or related topics to find relevant courses. Click on the titles below to access the platforms.
UNICEF’s global hub for learning and development
From training homepage: This course covers basic concepts around the humanitarian system and reform, undernutrition and response in emergencies, individual assessment and micronutrients. The package aims to increase the accessibility of information within key modules of the Harmonized Training Package: Resource Material for Training on Nutrition in Emergencies (the HTP) to strengthen the technical knowledge of individuals working in or aspiring to work in emergency nutrition.
Build skills with courses from top universities like Yale, Michigan, Stanford, and leading companies like Google and IBM.
Public Health in Humanitarian Crises
Includes courses from universities overseas.
E-learning to meet the needs of agriculture and food security professionals
USAID - offers courses, mini-courses, and certificate programs
One-third of the world’s population experiences some form of poor nutrition, leading to increased rates of illness, mortality, and lost productivity. There are interventions that can be employed to address poor nutrition and diarrheal disease.
Three courses to earn certificate:
- Diarrheal Disease
- Nutrition (an Introduction)
- Social and Behavior Change for Nutrition
There is likely some crossover on these two sites. The ICRC focuses mainly on humanitarian law, but there are a number of nutrition resources, as well.
Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Heath
Winter Institute: January 9-20, 2023
Summer Institute: July 10-21, 2023
The Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) course is offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The course was founded based on the need for humanitarian workers to acquire a holistic understanding of the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons, and others affected by natural disasters and conflict in order more effectively manage health crises in emergency settings. All healthcare and public health professionals working in large-scale health emergencies and humanitarian assistance should consider attending the course. The HELP course has been presented for 20 years and is virtual again this year.
This course is offered every year in January and July.
A new online course to help you learn how public health concepts and skills can be applied to disasters is now online. You can take the course for free, or if you want to complete the quizzes and a short paper you will receive a certificate from Johns Hopkins and Coursera for $49. Click on the course name above for more information.
A service of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy – Save the Children, the International Rescue Committee and others are involved in this platform.
Kaya is the global learning platform of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. Here you will find both online and in-person learning opportunities, which are completely free to access. Kaya now has a mobile app available for Android and Apple phones which you can find in the respective stores.
On Kaya you can access the following:
Online self-directed courses and pathways
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
Webinars (streamed film of events that you can access from your phone or computer
Information and registration for face-to-face workshops
Videos, documents and resources
Games, quizzes and assessments
There are many courses offered online free of charge. CDR will not grant credit unless you can provide a certificate and often you will need to pay and turn in assignments to obtain one for a course. However, if a course is offered live and is from a recognized academic institution, CDR will allow it. Listed are some of the major providers of MOOC.
Before starting in with MOOC, you may want to read here https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/moocs/ about them.
Some universities also offer courses online to audit, but most do so in conjunction with a MOOC provider such as those listed.
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