Considerations for incorporating implementation science into dietetics education

This paper was generated in response to the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)'s Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professions Education workshop on Implementation Science. (https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/global-forum-on-innovation-in-health-professional-education)We define implementation Science (IS) and provide tangible tools to document and report implementation of evidence-based strategies in dietetics classrooms and programs. We describe examples of moving evidence-based nutrition guidelines into dietetic practice and dietetics higher education. We outline opportunities to incorporate IS into Dietetics Education and supervised practice. The Futured Education Model is dietetics is discussed. We end with a Call to Action to incorporate IS in to teaching and to publish the results of using IS