Category: Medical Nutrition Therapy (Clinical) Rotation

  • We Did It! With A Little Help From Our Great Preceptors

    Medical Nutrition Therapy Rotation, End of Week 10 If you’ve ever seen Legally Blonde, you probably remember the ending where Elle Woods concludes her Valedictorian speech by looking out at everyone who helped her get there, and confidently declares, “We did it!” As I packed up my desk on my final day of my dietetic…

  • The Questions That Matter Most

    Medical Nutrition Therapy Rotation, End of Week 8 As my internship draws to a close, I’ve found myself reflecting on much more than my clinical rotation. Looking back over the past several months, I’m amazed at how many different pieces come together to form the profession of dietetics. Community nutrition, food service management, clinical practice,…

  • Sleep Deprived, Sugar Fueled, and So Worth It

    A Cabin Full of Snakes & A Heart Full of Gratitude, The Camp Hendon Chronicles Medical Nutrition Therapy Rotation, End of Week 6 This last week, I had the privilege of participating in something that was 23 years in the making. I attended Camp Hendon, a camp for children living with type 1 diabetes (T1D)…

  • Growing Through the Gray Areas

    Medical Nutrition Therapy Rotation, End of Week 4 It’s hard to believe that a month has passed since returning to my hometown and beginning my final rotation. It feels surreal to be back in the same place I was five years ago, contemplating changing the trajectory of my life and deciding to go back to…

  • From Classroom to Patient Care

    Medical Nutrition Therapy Rotation, End of Week 2 Well hello there! It’s been a few weeks since my last installment of Pancreas in Progress, so I thought it would be the perfect time to catch everyone up on what’s been going on. If this is your first time stumbling across the inner ramblings of a…