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Computer Matching: Didactic Program Director Responsibilities

All computer matching information, including the computer matching dates with deadlines, is available on the ADA/CADE Web site at www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/CADE_2408_ENU_HTML.htm

APPLICATION PHASE
Didactic Program Directors are responsible for advising applicants participating in the computer matching process. This should include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Provide access to the ADA/CADE Web site directories: www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/career_2191_ENU_HTML.htm and encourage activities that acquaint students with Dietetic Internships (DI) and the application process.
• Provide applicants with a copy of the Applicant Responsibilities for the Application, Computer Matching and Appointment Procedures and computer matching information sent to you from D&D Digital (information booklets, mark/sense preference cards and release cards)
• Ensure that students understand that they must submit complete application packets to each dietetic internship they are applying to and also submit their mark/sense preference cards and release cards with the $50.00 computer matching fee to D&D Digital before the designated deadline dates (Refer to Dates for the Computer Matching Process for each appointment period). Beginning with the November 2007 match, students may register on the D&D Digital Web site at www.dnddigital.com/, pay the $50.00 fee with a credit card and submit their DI preferences online. If students mail these materials, encourage them to do so early and use receipted mail to document the postmark date.
• Complete Declaration of Intent to Complete or Verification Statement form for each applicant. Your original signature on this form attests to the accuracy of the information supplied.
• Write references for applicant promptly upon request and encourage applicant to request other references well in advance of the application deadline dates.

• Remind students in the match to view their personal matching information on Notification Day and confirm appointments with the DI Director by Appointment Day (Refer to Dates for the Computer Matching Process for each appointment period). Please remind students they only have 24 hours from Notification Day until Appointment Day to confirm acceptance or rejection of the match with the DI Program Director. Encourage applicants to also notify you of their personal matching results so that you may provide consultation and advice in this process.
• Inform students in the match of the following: As a participant in the computer matching process, it is expected that applicants who receive a match will adhere to the results of the match and accept that match. It is unacceptable to decline a match in order to pursue appointment to another supervised practice program.

• DPD Directors will receive the list of matched/unmatched applicants with the DPDs the applicants are attending/attended on the day following Appointment Day.
• Students and DPD Directors will have access to the list of programs with open positions only on the D&D Digital Web site the day following Appointment Day. This allows DI programs time to confirm acceptance from their matched applicants and determine the process they will use to fill open positions before responding to calls regarding open positions.
• DPD Directors must provide the DPD Verification Statement to certify completion of the CADE-approved minimum academic requirements including at least a bachelor’s degree for each graduate who received a Declaration of Intent to Complete form and completed the DPD requirements before graduates begin the DI.

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