This ground breaking reference is designed for clinical dietitians with an interest in elevating their level of practice advanced medical nutrition therapy practice describes a model of advanced. Advanced medical nutrition therapy practice describes a model of advanced practice in medical nutrition therapy and illustrates how dietitians can become advanced level practitioners through education and training annalynn skipper phd rd fada is a consultant devoted to advancing nutrition practice. Ce a model using initiative to achieve autonomy has been developed based on the model a list of graduate medical nutrition therapy courses was developed almost 1000 dietitians their employers and nutrition program directors were surveyed to assess interest in doctoral education in advanced medical nutrition therapy practice this article reviews the results of the study which formed . A subset of registered dietitians rds is known to practice at an advanced level but a clear educational pathway supporting advanced medical nutrition therapy practice has not been identified