Children's National Medical Center
2 weeks, clinical
My familiarity with the Cerner EMR equipped me with the charting skills needed to jump into my rotation at Children's with little supervision. My four days as an inpatient gastrointestinal dietetic intern exposed me to various gastrointestinal complications. I learned how to use growth charts, estimate nutritional needs for infants, toddlers, adolescents, and develop a full nutrition assessment and intervention plan for a patient with gastroparesis complicated by postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and hypermobile Ehlers-danlos syndrome. My outpatient pediatrics rotation involved learning more about motivational interviewing and nutrition interventions for a pre/post bariatric and obese pediatric population. After my time at Children's, I volunteered to help my outpatient preceptor conduct a "Cooking with Beans" patient cooking class.
Core Skills Used: medical nutrition therapy, patient and motivational interviewing, medical charting, interpersonal skills, cultural competence, charting in Cerner EMR.
What I did: Interviewed, screened, charted on 5+ inpatients in one week and implemented medical nutrition therapy interventions in order to support healing per disease state. I attended daily rounds with the medical care team.
Carroll Hospital
4 weeks, clinical
Read more about my first week of clinical here .
Carroll hospital sits at the edge of Westminster, MD-- serving the larger geriatric community. I had the privilege to start my clinical rotations at Carroll before eventually transitioning to it's "sister" hospital, Sinai in Baltimore. During my time at Carroll, I learned the EMR, Paragon, and learned about appropriate nutrition interventions per diseases related to diabetes, all GI complications, cardiovascular, etc. I estimated the calories, protein, and fluid needs daily and averaged 6+ patient encounters daily while attending meetings, rounds with providers and shadowing preceptors. I interacted with nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, providers, and other hospital staff, daily. By my third day, my preceptors were confident in allowing me to see patients on my own. I actively sought guidance and clarification from my preceptors and was not afraid to ask questions.
Core Skills Used: medical nutrition therapy, patient and motivational interviewing, medical charting, interpersonal skills, cultural competence.
What I did: Interviewed, screened, charted on 90+ patients and implemented medical nutrition therapy interventions in order to support healing per disease state.
Sinai Hospital
6 weeks, clinical
Sinai serves the people of greater Baltimore as well as national and international patients. Its renowned Centers of Excellence provide specialized, advanced care by teams of experts. Sinai provides training for more than 140 residents and 400 medical students yearly. With 483 beds, Sinai is the largest community hospital in Maryland.
Core Skills Used: medical nutrition therapy for higher accuaty clinical states, patient and motivational interviewing, medical charting, interpersonal skills, cultural competence.
What I did: Interviewed, screened, charted on 100+ patients and implemented medical nutrition therapy interventions in order to support healing per disease state.