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http://dx.doi.org/10.14373/JKDA.2013.19.3.265

Development of Job Description of Clinical Dietitians in Hospitals by the DACUM Method  

Cha, Jin-A (Dept. of Korean Cuisine, Jeonju University)
Kim, Kang-Eun (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Eun-Mi (Dept. of Dietetics, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital)
Park, Mi-Sun (Dept. of Food & Nutritional Care, Seoul National University Hospital)
Park, Yoo-Kyoung (Dept. of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University)
Baek, Hee-Joon (Dept. of Food & Nutrition Service, Hanyang University Hospital)
Lee, Song-Mi (Dept. of Nutrition Services, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yosei University)
Choi, Soo-Kyong (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Yeungnam University)
Seo, Jung-Sook (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association / v.19, no.3, 2013 , pp. 265-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was conducted to develop a standardized job description for clinical dietitians working in hospitals. A developing curriculum (DACUM) method was used for the job analysis of clinical dietitians. Based on DACUM analysis with 14 members, including clinical dietitians and professors majoring in clinical nutrition and job analysis, information on the duties, tasks, and task elements of clinical dietitians was determined. To verify the job descriptions derived from DACUM analysis, a total of 46 tertiary and general hospitals with over 500 beds were recruited for the survey. The final developed job description for clinical dietitians included 7 duties, 27 tasks, and 93 task elements. The duties consisted of nutritional assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention, nutrition monitoring evaluation, consultation cooperation, nutrition research, and self-development. The mean scores of perceived importance, performance, and difficulty on the clinical dietitian's task elements (out of a maximum score of 5.0) were 4.5, 3.7, and 3.5, respectively, with significant differences between the items (P<0.001). The perceived importance and performance grid of clinical dietitian's tasks showed that "construction and maintenance of collaboration" (E2) and "activity of quality improvement" (F1) received relatively low scores for performance despite their high importance scores; thus the performance of these tasks requires significant improvement. In conclusion, the job descriptions of clinical dietitians developed from this study are useful for the qualitative improvement of clinical nutrition services in hospitals.
Keywords
job description; DACUM; clinical dietitian; duty; task; task elements; grid analysis;
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