Dietitians

This webpage includes links to:

Meetings for Dietitians | Resources for Dietitians | ASCIA Dietitians Forum | ASCIA Dietitians Committee

Meetings for Dietitians

The ASCIA 2023 Conference in Sydney will include an Allergy Update Day for Dietitians on Friday 8th September. The ASCIA 2023 Conference program will be finalised in late April and registration will open in early May 2023.

To review services and benefits of ASCIA Associate membership go to https://www.allergy.org.au/about-ascia/ascia-initiatives#p1

Other opportunities for upskilling dietitians include:

ASCIA Associate (Dietitian) members are invited to regular ASCIA Dietitians Zoom meetings which include professional development

ASCIA e-training courses https://etraininghp.ascia.org.au/
ASCIA-Dietitians Australia (DA) Centre for Advanced Learning (CAL) Medical Nutrition Therapy in Food Allergy and Intolerance course for dietitians. This course has been held four times, in March 2023 (Melbourne), September 2019 (Perth), March 2019 (Brisbane) and September 2018 (Canberra).

Resources for Dietitians

ASCIA

Information for patients, consumers and carers:

https://www.allergy.org.au/patients/food-allergy

https://www.allergy.org.au/patients/food-other-adverse-reactions

Information for health professionals:

https://www.allergy.org.au/hp/papers#p3

National Allergy Council (implementing the National Allergy Strategy)

Allergy Aware website www.allergyaware.org.au is an anaphylaxis resource hub for schools and children's education/care (CEC) services
Nip allergies in the Bub website preventallergies.org.au provides practical information about when and how to introduce the common food allergens to babies to help prevent food allergies.
250K school aged teen and young adult websites 250k.org.au provide practical information about how to manage food allergy including fun animations.
Food allergy education website foodallergyeducation.org.au provides practical top line information about managing food allergies.
Food allergy aware website www.foodallergyaware.org.au is a resource hub for food allergy management and links to resources from reputable organisations.
Food allergy training website foodallergytraining.org.au hosts the All about Allergens online training which has been developed for all staff working in food service.

Bookmarks for the National Allergy Council programs listed above can be ordered free of charge from the Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia shop https://allergyfacts.org.au/shop/nasr

Allergy & Anaphyalxis Australia www.allergyfacts.org.au

Allergy New Zealand www.allergy.org.nz

ASCIA Dietitians' Forum

ASCIA Dietitians' Forum is available on the ASCIA website. To access the forum you must be logged in and then go to www.allergy.org.au/forum/index

The main role of the forum is to enhance communication between dietitians who are ASCIA Associate members, and provide opportunities for online discussions about current issues regarding food allergies.

The forum is moderated by the current Chair of the ASCIA Dietitians committee and representative on ASCIA Council, Kathy Beck.

ASCIA Dietitians' Committee

The purpose of the ASCIA Dietitians committee is to:

Develop evidence based guidelines for the management of food allergy and intolerance
Encourage practice based on this evidence amongst our colleague
Act as a resource for ASCIA regarding the nutritional management of food allergies and intolerance

Content updated March 2023