Wellness and Cardiovascular Health

 Mission:

1. Provide networking and educational opportunities for SCAN dietitians practicing or specializing in wellness or cardiovascular nutrition;
2. Promote the expertise and enhance the visibility of wellness and cardiovascular dietitians to the community, media, industry, and professional organizations;
3. Provide leadership and vision for SCAN members as experts in wellness and cardiovascular nutrition;
4. Expand the media expertise and professional practice skills of wellness & cardiovascular practitioners;
5. Recognize and support SCAN members involved with Wellness and CV with sponsorship dollars for projects and awards demonstrating outstanding contributions to the field

Strategic Goals:

• Provide focused leadership and vision for SCAN members as the experts in Wellness/CV dietetics
• Promote and enhance visibility of Wellness/ CV members
• Develop and refine the leadership, media and practice skills of Wellness/CV members and volunteers
• Provide scholarship(s) and awards for SCAN members pursuing Wellness and CV areas within dietetics
• Provide education and administrative assistance to those members interested in pursuing a Board Certified Specialist in Cardiovascular  nutrition and/ or Wellness Specialty Credential
• Proactively devote subunit efforts to identify emerging trends within both Wellness/CV to keep SCAN RDs informed
• Communicate research initiatives from the broader community of professionals to SCAN RDs via inclusion of research summaries in the member section of the website, PULSE, Wellness/CV Connection e-newsletter and networking opportunities at FNCE and Symposium
• Empower members to compete in a rapidly changing environment
• Build an aligned, engaged, diverse membership

Membership:  

Wellness/CV membership is open to all SCAN members at no additional charge as an added benefit to SCAN and AND membership. Communication with Wellness/ CV members occurs through the SCAN website including Forums, PULSE newsletter, Wellness/CV Connection e-newsletter, electronic mailing lists, and e-updates (via email).

How to join Wellness/CV?  

Sign in to the Member’s area of the SCAN website. Click on My Profile.  Click on the Edit button at the bottom. Under "Subunits", check the box marked Wellness and Cardiovascular RDs (Wellness/CV). Click "Save".

BENEFITS

Wellness/CV Connection e-newsletter:

The e-newsletter focuses on articles pertaining to Wellness and Cardiovascular health and nutrition trends. Quarterly emails with the newsletter link on our SCAN website will be sent to all SCAN members. Past issues are archived and available through the Members Only area:http://www.scandpg.org/wellness-and-weight-management/newsletters/.

Wellness/CV Fact Sheets:

Fact Sheets created for use with the general public, patients, and clients. Some of the Fact Sheets are available for members only. You must be signed into the website to access them.  

Wellness/CV Forums:

Forums allows for communications with other SCAN members. There are separate forums for Cardiovascular Health and Wellness and Weight Management. Click here: http://www.scandpg.org/forum/