(1) It was a continuous learning experience that followed me from dietetic internship into dietitian practice.(2) Earlier I mentioned dietitians from the past who have helped shape the dietetic profession.(3) The first step is to obtain a detailed medical and nutritional history, including use of dietetic food products.(4) His library was stuffed with medical texts that pledged to cure disease and to extend life if only you would submit to the dietetic and therapeutic disciplines of medical expertise.(5) While dietetic practitioners are in the best position to ask research questions relevant to practice, clinical dietitians have been reluctant to become involved in research.(6) These waiting lists are for diagnostic procedures, treatments, and dietetic counselling, to name just a few.(7) Sure, some medical and dietetic organizations claim that high dietary protein intakes are not only wasteful, but also potentially harmful.(8) We would also not ask dietetic interns to collate the data; rather we would try to recruit a graduate student with a background in statistics.(9) Practice within the work setting aims to reduce gaps in effective clinical dietetic care.(10) Many dietitians have promoted dietetic research for decades to get it on the agenda of health care facilities.(11) We need imaginative and inventive dietitians to nourish dietetic practice, to move it forward.(12) The dietetics report included a discussion of limitations to effective dietetic practice.(13) This will increase awareness and access to the research of the Canadian nutrition and dietetic community.(14) As dietitians primarily employed in long-term care, our common experience was that our traditional teaching hospital dietetic internships had not prepared us for work in continuing care facilities.(15) While training as a registered dietitian, she readily took initiative in the program and dietetic community.(16) Having a solid education and firm grounding in the practice of foods and nutrition prepares you to do much more than traditional dietetic roles.
