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BIRTH OF A PEN ......................HOW DO I... ......................THE ......................PEN GOES TO
PATHWAY Customize PEN BOTTOM LINE BARCELONA
Client Handouts? Deciphering Media
Stories on Diet
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COLOUR LOGOS: VERSION 2
1.
The Global Resource
for Nutrition Practice
eNews
2. The Global Resource
for Nutrition Practice
FEBRUARY 2012
3. The Global Resource
VOLUME ONE, Issue Five
for Nutrition Practice
A Publication of PEN Global Partners
British Dietetic Association, Dietitians Association of Australia,
Dietitians New Zealand and Dietitians of Canada.
The initial responses to our Birth of a PEN Pathway, Part II The Happy 2012 everyone! A new
Facebook and Twitter accounts Bottom Line: Deciphering Media year, full of unlimited possibilities
have been very positive. Join the Stories on Diet, What’s New in for dietitians and PEN subscribers.
growing number of dietitians from PEN, you’ll meet one of PEN’s
around the globe who are liking Evidence Analysts, Heather Petrie Kristyn Hall MSc, RD
TWEETS, and following the PEN community. as well as a PEN in Action spotlight Editor, PEN eNews
on New Zealand dietitian, Angie
POSTS, LIKES, In PEN eNews 1(5), we have many Lucas. This, and more in PEN
CONNECTIONS great articles for you including eNews 1(5).
FROM THE EDITOR PEN GOES TO BARCELONA!
Twitter accounts at 4) Receive timely information on
www.facebook.com and hot topics in nutrition Participants enjoyed of using PEN in practice and
Tweets, posts, likes and www.twitter.com . Once you have 5) Help you to build your social At the end of October 2011 networking, debating and also by a poster presentation
connections – a new year, and your own accounts, you can “like” authority using Social Media representatives from the Canadian several presentations including by Sylvia Turner, Project
now, another way to reach PEN… our PEN page on Facebook and 6) Link you into news making and UK PEN teams attended the a collaborative effort by Jayne Development Officer at the BDA.
PEN has launched its Facebook “follow” @pennutrition on Twitter. evidence 5th DIETS2 (Dietitians Improving Thirsk (PEN Director) and Sue The poster reported the results
and Twitter accounts! Did PEN will be publishing a series of 7) Increase your knowledge of and Education and Training Standards) Kellie (Head of Education and of a survey of BDA members,
you know that various social Current Issues on social media participation in knowledge transfer and EFAD (European Federation Professional Development at which aimed to investigate
networking sites have been which will describe the different 8) Join a conversation with of the Associations of Dietitians) BDA), entitled Applying Practice to attitudes to, and experience of,
around since 1997? Since that kinds of social media platforms an international community conference in Barcelona, Spain. Evidence and Evidence to Practice. evidence-based practice. The
time, these sites have evolved and suggest some important of evidence-based dietetic Building a strong evidence-based PEN poster presentation and
and grown, including the popular aspects for dietitians’ social media practitioners approach to nutrition and dietetics The session focused on the all other poster presentations
sites Facebook and Twitter, both use. We look forward to connecting 9) Separate yourself from other was the theme of the conference fundamentals of evidence-based which were presented at DIETS
launched in 2006. According to with you! nutrition professionals by and the aim was “to engender dietetic practice, knowledge can be found at http://www.
Eric Qualman, author of the book practicing concepts of evidence- new methods and actions for transfer principles and how PEN thematicnetworkdietetics.
“Socialnomics”, social media is Here are our top 10 reasons to based dietetic practice dietitians to use, in order to work, can support dietitians everywhere eu/publicitem.m?key=eve
not a fad, but rather, may be the “like” us on Facebook and “follow” 10) Receive notification of in evidence based ways and also to be leaders in evidence-based ryone&pgid=3362&trail=/
biggest shift since the industrial us on Twitter: knowledge transfer events and to develop and disseminate their practice. Presentation slide decks everyone/3159/3313/3362
revolution. For a video summary resources own profession-led evidence”. are available at: http://www.
of The Social Media Revolution 1) Receive timely updates on new thematicnetworkdietetics.eu/publi We invite you to like us on
Socialnomics, view the following content, tools and resources With PEN now leading the way for citem.m?key=everyone&pgid=337 Facebook and Follow us on Twitter
YouTube video. available in PEN For a video demonstration of evidence-based dietetic practice 0&trail=/everyone/3159/3370 @pennutrition, both of which
2) Have input into PEN content how to set up a Facebook and in the UK, the conference provided provide forums to continue the
PEN would like to connect with you and future topics a Twitter account, go to http:// the perfect opportunity for the In addition PEN was supported by conversation about evidence-
on Facebook and Twitter. If you 3) Help you to optimize the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ PEN message to be introduced to a number of other speakers, who based dietetic practice.
don’t already have accounts, you you spend in PEN and get the most zf5q0oS0FM and http://youtu. dietetic colleagues from across highlighted the advantages
can sign up for free Facebook and from your subscription be/4YGp4cWdndc Europe.
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Time saving tip: If you tend to email handouts
HOW DO I... to clients, it is a good idea to save your contact
information in a separate file where you can call
Customize PEN Client Handouts? it up and copy and paste it when you need it.
This saves you from having to type in the contact
Written by Lisa Koo, RD 2) Here, you can enter your email address, your information every single time.
PEN Quality Assistant client’s email address, a personal message and
your contact information. You can also choose Steps for including a handout distribution Now when you go to Customize a handout, your handout
whether or not to include your handout distribution image: distribution image will be automatically checked off for
image (more on this later). You can also include a handout distribution image including with your contact information. (see screenshot
(e.g. your company or health clinic logo) in the below)
“Distributed by” box on your handout.
The PEN client handouts are a uniquely branded 1) Click on the “My Profile” tab on the top right
collection of handouts that users can give to their hand corner of PEN.
clients. We have included a “Distributed by” box at the 2) Click on the button labeled “Edit Preferences”.
end of each handout where contact information can be 3) One of the preferences listed is for a “Handout
provided. This information can either be filled in by hand Distribution Image”. There are instructions and
or electronically. Below are the step-by-step instructions technical specifications provided on how large the
on how PEN users can fill in their contact information image can be. You can upload and save an image
electronically so it appears in the “Distributed by” box in your “My Profile” that will be available for you
when they email or print out the handout. to place into the “Distributed by” box of PEN client
3) Click on the ”PDF Preview” button. handouts.
Steps for filling in the “Distributed by” box The handout will preview with your contact
electronically: information in the “Distributed by” box. While the
1) When you view a handout from the PEN client handout Dietitians of Canada logo is shown here, please When you enter your contact information, your Handout
collection, you will notice a button located underneath note that resources will be branded with your Distribution Image will appear to the left of your contact
the title labeled “Customize and Share this Resource”. respective Dietetic Association’s logo.
4) Click on the button labeled “Choose File”.
Choose the file on your computer that contains the
logo you want to use.
5) Once you have chosen the file you want to use,
click the “Save” button. You will now have saved
the image in ”My Profile”. The image should now information. While the Dietitians of Canada logo is shown
If you click on the “Customize and Share this Resource” 4) When you click the “Send“ button the handout automatically appear in your preferences. (see top here, please note that resources will be branded with
button, a pop-up window will appear. will be sent to your client with your contact right) your respective Dietetic Association’s logo.
information included in the “Distributed by” box. We love to hear from our users! If you have any questions or suggestions about PEN or this article, please email
us at: eNews@pennutrition.com.
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BIRTH OF A KNOWLEDGE PATHWAY For an identified question – the PEN Content Reviewing a KP - once the content is drafted it is
Manager evaluates if the question is appropriate to sent out for external review by practitioners working
include in PEN and if so, would the question be part of in the particular field, call centre dietitians, academics
Written by: Beth Armour, PDt, MEd, PEN Content Manager an existing KP or would a new KP have to be created. and sometimes other health professionals who have
& Heather Alaverdy, RD, MA, PEN Editor If there is an existing KP the question will be added to an expertise in the topic area. This is a critical stage in
the list of new questions to be developed when the KP the KP development as it adds credibility and practi-
undergoes its regular review and updating. This could cality to what is written in PEN.
be anywhere from immediate, as the updating is in
It doesn’t happen overnight and it often takes more the practice question isn’t there yet. In this article we progress, to 18 months. A future article will include The third trimester is doing the behind the scenes
than a nine-month gestational period! give you an overview of the steps taken to create guidelines on what makes a submitted question ap- work to get the developed content into PEN.
a PEN Knowledge Pathway (KP) and why it is rare propriate or not.
Occasionally we get an email from a keen PEN to have a quick turnaround from question or topic Editing and posting content - this involves
subscriber saying “I submitted a PEN question a week submission to question or topic posting in PEN. The second trimester is developing the evidence- several key members of the PEN team. Our PEN Editor
ago and I don’t see the answer in PEN yet”. One has to based answers for the questions. ensures the content is consistent within the knowl-
smile and explain to the subscriber why the answer to Looking at the flow chart, below, one can see there edge pathway as well as with other content in PEN, fol-
are a number of steps involved Authoring a KP – while on the flow chart it looks lows the PEN Style Guide, is grammatically correct and
Birth
of
a
PEN
Knowledge
Pathway
when developing a KP. The first like there is only one step in authoring a KP there that it reads well. Our PEN Resource Managers ensure
trimester is identifying questions are many! Authors use the evidence-based cycle to that only tools and resources that match the evidence
BDA.
DAA.
DC.
DNZ
“Hot”
made
aware
of
Topic,
new
and topics for development. develop content: assess, ask, acquire, appraise and in PEN are posted. Our PEN Quality Assistant loads the
upcoming
nutrition
systematic
issues
in
their
PEN
subscriber
“Submit
country
review
apply. Once the KP questions have been determined, content and tools and resources into PEN so you, the
a
Practice
Question”
–
BDA,
DAA,
DC,
DNZ
For an identified topic - the the author begins a systematic search of literature for PEN subscriber, can get your hands on the latest evi-
global PEN team reviews the rel- studies related to the question topics. If they find a dence and quality tools with a few clicks of the mouse.
BC
Health
and
Eat
Right
Ontario
Fast
Tracked
evance and urgency of the topic in Cochrane Review or a systematic review on the topic Once everything is loaded, the editor reviews the KP
identify
questions
Annual
PEN
Content
Development
“Hot”
topic
and
topics
needed
relation to PEN. If deemed relevant this is a bonus. Studies providing the evidence for and clicks the publish button. A KP is born – let the
Plan
created
–
includes
new
to
answer
content
and
updating
current
consumer
issues
and non urgent it is added to the answering the PEN questions are read and critiqued celebrations begin!
content
annual PEN Content Development by the authors who then decide how strong the
Plan, which goes into effect April evidence is for the question. The grade of evidence for Was this article helpful?
External
grant
BDA,
DAA,
DC,
DNZ,
BC
available
from
Health
and
Eat
Right
1st each year. If deemed relevant each Key Practice Point is one of the unique features Email us at eNews@pennutrition.com
government
or
Ontario
prioritize
and
NGO
to
develop
approve
the
PEN
content
and important to be included in of PEN.
content
development
plan
PEN sooner rather than later, we
bypass the PEN Content Develop-
ment Plan and go right to engag-
External
expert
Author
(PEN
author,
review
(academia,
dietitian,
dietetic
ing an author for the topic.
clinicians,
intern/student)
engaged
to
develop
content
for
government,
NGO
specific
topic
associations,
member
networks
For an identified “HOT”
or
speciality
groups)
according
to
PEN
topic – the global PEN team as-
Reviewer
Guidelines
Developed
content
sent
to
PEN
Editor
for
editing
sesses if it is a topic which needs
to be fast tracked, in which case
Tools
and
resources
reviewed
with
the
evidence
by
PEN
Resource
Manager
an author could be identified, the
relevant evidence searched for
BDA – British Dietetic Association
Sent
to
PEN
Quality
Assistant
for
posting
DAA – Dietitians Association of Australia
and assessed, the PEN content
DNZ – Dietitians of New Zealand
written, reviewed, edited and
PEN
content
posted
October
2011
posted in two to three weeks.
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