Gina recently completed her catering event for one of her projects for her Management/Leadership rotation at BMC.This event was the Sweetheart Luncheon for the Medical Staff and their "sweetheart". Great Job Gina!

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Interns in their clinical rotation have the experience of participating in a facility health fair with Registered Dietitians. The interns and Registered Dietitians provide nutrition education on topics such as healthy eating & optimal food choices. 

The Baptist Health System is a "Health for Life" place!

Interns of the Baptist Health System Dietetic Internship completing their clinical nutrition rotations at Baptist Medical Center have the opportunity to assist the dietitians at bi-monthly employee Health Fairs. This gives the interns experience in speaking to the public on designated nutrition topics. 
 
 

Each intern is required to complete a Journal Club during their internship experience. Gina recently completed her Journal Club last week. Her article was "Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity" in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Gina did an excellent job in visualizing to the group the amount of sugar content from high fructose corn syrup in common beverages. Gina was knowledgeable in her topic and lead the group through some nice discussion. Good job Gina!!

The Baptist Health System Dietetic Interns have completed their first round of Case Study presentations! Great work done by each and every one of the interns. Completing two Case Studies are a requirement for graduating from the Baptist Health System Dietetic Internship. For our first Case Study presentations we have had the following topics presented:

• Crohn's disease
• Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome
• Compartment Syndrome
• Status post Gastric Bypass reversal
• Whipple procedure & Pancreatic Cancer
• Treacher Collins Syndrome
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Small Bowel Obstruction

Again, excellent work done by all.  Looking forward to the second Case Study presentations. 

The Baptist Health System Dietetic Internship will extend the acceptance of application packets for the class of 2010-2011.  All application packets must have a postmarked date of 2/16/2010.  This extension is due to President's Day on 2/15/2010 and USPS being closed.  Thank you for your interest in our program. 

Allison recently completed her Journal Club presentation prior to the holiday break in December. Each intern is required to complete a Journal Club presentation as a graduation requirement for the Baptist Health System Dietetic Internship. Her article was "The Ketogenic Diet Improves Recently Worsened Focal Epilepsy" from Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Allison did an excellent job in presenting this research article as well as leading the group through her discussion questions. Good Job Allison!

Melissa recently finished her management/leadership rotation and moved to her community segment of the Baptist Health System Dietetic Internship program. One of the community rotations is in the Child Nutrition Program of Judson Independent School District under the preceptorship of Sharon Glosson MS, RD. 

For Melissa's nutrition education class, she taught third graders about calcium and it's role in bone health. She also discussed the role of Vitamin D and exercise in maintaining healthy bones. Sharon commented that "Melissa did a wonderful job!". Good work Melissa!

As we continue the internship year, we also continue with our Journal Club presentations. Melanie completed her Journal Club presentation last week.  Melanie's article was "Effective of L-carnitine influsions on inflammatory and nutritional markers in haemodialysis patients" from Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. Melanie was outstanding in her presentation and did a good job in leading the audience in our discussion of this article. Great job Melanie!

Melissa recently completed her management/leadership rotation at the Baptist Medical Center under the preceptorship of Melissa Castano RD, LD. The management/leadership rotation is an intensive 6 week rotation in which the interns complete a variety of projects which include: execution of a theme meal in the cafeteria, a catering event, completion of two 2-week schedules, and supervision of the last two days of the rotation.

The rotation includes other projects/activities. This rotation is designed to refine leadership skills in project management and set the stage for completing deadlines. Melissa did a good job during her rotation!!!