# Choosing a dietitian: credentials, visits and cost

Learn how dietitian titles are regulated, how to check a credential on the official register, what a first visit includes and how cost and insurance work.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 45 minutes
- Exam questions: 8, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Tell a regulated dietitian title from an unregulated nutritionist title.
- Check a credential on the official register for your country.
- Describe what happens in a first nutrition visit and what to bring.
- Explain how cost, insurance and visit type affect what you pay.

## Lessons

1. [Titles and registers: who is a dietitian](https://dietitians.fyi/academy/choosing-a-dietitian-foundations/titles-and-registers.md) (15 minutes)
2. [What a first visit includes](https://dietitians.fyi/academy/choosing-a-dietitian-foundations/what-a-first-visit-includes.md) (15 minutes)
3. [Cost, insurance and visit type](https://dietitians.fyi/academy/choosing-a-dietitian-foundations/cost-insurance-and-visit-type.md) (15 minutes)

## Questions

### Does this course qualify me to practise as a dietitian?

No. It is consumer education for people choosing a dietitian. Passing earns a certificate of completion from dietitians.fyi, not a licence, accreditation or professional qualification.

### Does the course give medical advice?

No. It explains how to choose and work with a dietitian. Your dietitian gives you personal advice in a visit.

Also on the [web page](https://dietitians.fyi/academy/choosing-a-dietitian-foundations).