Dietitians provide an extremely reliable and unbiased source of information for the entire medical team,including doctors,nurses,physical therapists,occupational therapists,speech therapists,and pharmacists.They often develop dietary plans to meet the nutritional requirements of individual patients according to their medical charts.Depending on the patient's condition,they may have to provide specialized services,such as total parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) or enteral nutrition (tube feeding). Occasionally,dietitians may promote nutritional food and diet awareness through public educational programs in primary school,colleges,communities,and corporate settings.