The BDA Centre for Education and Development

The BDA Centre for Education and Development (CED) provides quality assured education and continuing professional development programmes for dietitians and dietetic support workers.  The CED currently offers courses, the Professional Development Award, the Re-entrants Programme and a range of CPD modules.

Dietitians - like all registrants of the Health Professions Council (HPC)- must commit to continuing professional development (CPD) in order to remain registered and call themselves a dietitian.  The HPC is currently conducting a CPD audit of 2.5% of dietitians to ensure they are meeting CPD standards.  Read more about how the BDA is supporting its members.

Courses and Events

The CED offers a range of one and two day courses for dietitians and dietetic support workers to support your continuing professional development.  Here you can find information about the courses and events that we offer across the UK. All courses are BDA endorsed and delegates receive a certificate of attendance.

Re-entrants Programme

The Re-entrants programme is an open/flexible learning programme for dietitians who, for varying reasons, have been out of the mainstream of dietetic practice.  The programme provides an update on current practice within general and more specific areas of dietetics. 

Professional Development Award

The Professional Development Award is a five year programme which provides dietitians, who are BDA members with a mechanism for demonstrating Continuous Professional Development (CPD).