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Performance Appraisal In Hospital Dietary Departments, Mary C. Law
Performance Appraisal In Hospital Dietary Departments, Mary C. Law
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The specific objectives of this research were to (1) identify the principal characteristics and functions of performance appraisal programs utilized in hospital dietary departments, (2) determine the ten major factors in performance appraisal as indicated by the hospital dietary department directors as well as by dietetic interns and the factors indicated in the review of literature, and (3) develop an evaluation form for performance appraisal of hospital dietary department employees utilizing criteria obtained from (1) and (2).
Three hundred general, short term, nonprofit hospitals were included into the study. Questionnaires were mailed to three hospitals which were classified according to …
Delegation Of Task Functions By Dietitians To Dietetic Technicians, James Lumsden
Delegation Of Task Functions By Dietitians To Dietetic Technicians, James Lumsden
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Dietetics has been identified as one of the professions in which there is a shortage of qualified personnel. The need to delegate selected task functions to extend professional skills and contain costs has been recognized in many professions faced with a manpower shortage.
This research was done to determine the degree to which dietitians will utilize dietetic technicians in the role proposed by the American Dietetic Association. A questionnaire was the instrument utilized to collect data from the 197 randomly selected hospitals in the continental United States. Task functions identified in the proposed job descriptions for the dietetic technician in …