I’ve always been one to always have a positive outlook, realistic optimism, and hope. I still posses those characteristics, but COVID-19 introduced a cocktail of ever-changing emotions to the picture. These emotions are both foreign and familiar. I’m struggling to digest what is actually happening in the world and to articulate how I feel about …
Category: Dietetic Internship Diaries
CLINICALS UPDATE: NEURO, LIVER TRANSPLANT, CF, LUNG TRANSPLANT, ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY, AND BURN UNIT
I have ALL THE FEELS 7 weeks into my clinical semester – excited, challenged, frustrated, **EXHAUSTED, and rewarded. One of my goals during the internship is to share my journey with y’all and demystify what REALLY goes on during the dietetic internship from an intern’s perspective — i want to add a positive voice in …
5 THINGS I LEARNED DURING MY FIRST 10 DAYS AT CLINICALS
OH BAYBEEE – We’re TWO WEEKS into clinicals !! I already have SO many things I’d like to share with y’all. I haven’t been posting much on IG stories. I shared a LOT from the public health/community semester with the goal of demystifying the dietetic internship, but I’m hitting pause on the excessive DI storytelling …
WHAT I LEARNED DURING MY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROTATION
My professional development rotation was at Roche Dietitians. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to intern at Roche Dietitians. During my rotation at RD, we developed training materials for International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative ( IDDSI – you know it’s international when “standardization” is spelled as “standardisation” ). I learned so much …
10 TAKEAWAYS FROM MY FIRST SEMESTER AS A DIETETIC INTERN
I couldn’t help but wonder… HOW IS THE FIRST SEMESTER OF MY DIETETIC INTERNSHIP OVER?!! This semester has flown by. 10 days at WIC, 20 days at the People’s Resource Center food pantry, 10 days at Roche Dietitians, 1 day at VeggieRX, and 4 days at lunch bunch. Am I missing anything?? I can’t even …