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Doctor of Clinical Nutrition (DCN)
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A professional, practice-oriented doctoral degree for registered dietitians, focusing on advanced clinical nutrition care, evidence-based practice, and complex medical nutrition therapy. Graduates are trained to assess, diagnose, manage, and prevent nutrition-related disease in clinical and community settings, while also contributing to outcome-oriented research and nutrition-policy or system-level interventions.
Training requirements: Since the DCN is not governed by a national accrediting board, its training is not standardized; different programs set their own prerequisites, coursework, and clinical practice expectations.
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