Nutrition and Food Science: Be Part of the Solution

Intern Diary

Intern Diary of Corinne Nicole Bardsley
Dietetic Intern
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

September 9, 2008
Hello all, My name is Corinne Bardsley, and this is the first passage of my intern diary. I am currently in my second week of orientation at my internship at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. I am writing this diary to give you students a better grasp at what it is like to be an intern. However, my internship is a very clinically based program, so the majority of my rotations may be different than those at other programs. Hopefully my experiences will be useful to you nonetheless.

The beginning of the internship is orientation, which for this program is two weeks of introductions, lectures, tours, and even a scavenger hunt! So far I have had lectures on on-line charting, SOAP notes, biochemical assays, triage of nutrition care, foodservices relating to patient care, formulation of pediatric tube feeding, nutrition assessment, etc. and I am even spending time with diet techs and Registered Dietitians while they do their work, and this is just during orientation!

Next week I will be starting my first clinical rotation (2 week period) in Cardiac care, and to prepare me for this rotation I was given an extensive study guide with terminology, pertinent articles, and many helpful and really cool reference materials to help me gain an even better understanding of cardiac nutrition. I am extremely excited to begin working with patients and enhancing the skills that I learned from my classes at College Park.

I hope this is enough to get you guys started, and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me by e-mail: cbardsley@umm.edu.

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Last updated: 09/16/2008