(P228) Implementing a Holistic University Admissions Process to Increase Diversity and Improve Diabetes Care and Education

The holistic review process is an admissions strategy that assesses an applicant's experiences alongside measures of academic achievement such as grades and test scores. Implementing a holistic review process helps to build equity along the admissions continuum, and results in diverse cohorts of students. Preliminary results indicate this process increased the diversity of the student population by over 22% and is representative of the state's population. Nurses and dietitians are the top care providers engaged in diabetes care and education and the poster authors propose that this model would increase the diversity of ADCES members and improve diabetes care and education. This poster presents a competency-based admissions process and demonstrates how interprofessional collaboration can positively impact diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging efforts for dietetics students.