Exam Room Nutrition: Where Busy Clinicians Learn About Nutrition
This show simplifies nutrition for the busy medical professional. Feel confident answering your patient's nutrition questions. Together with her guests, Colleen Sloan, a Pediatric Physician Assistant and Registered Dietitian, offer practical strategies that bridge the gap between nutrition and medicine. This to-the-point podcast empowers Doctors, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare providers with the nutrition education you need to transform lives. You'll be equipped with actionable tips that will renew how you approach nutrition with your patients. Explore ways to provide nutrition counseling, despite a hectic schedule with limited time, and learn to answer your patient's nutrition questions with confidence and compassion. With topics from infant feeding and picky eaters, to diabetes management and weight loss, no matter what field you work in, you will learn useful strategies that will empower you and your patient!
Exam Room Nutrition: Where Busy Clinicians Learn About Nutrition
50 | What Does A Dietitian Do, Anyway?
What is a Registered Dietitian and what do they do? Maybe when you think of a dietitian you think of the food police, spoiling all the fun. Or maybe you imagine a lady wearing a hair net serving hospital cafeteria food. Or maybe you think they'll just put your patient on a diet and hand them a meal plan. Can we even trust dietitians? Or are they all set outs, getting paid by Big Food to recommend highly processed foods?! To celebrate my 50th podcast episode (yay!), I wanted to make sure my listeners know exactly what what a dietitian does, how they work with patients and the immense value they provide to patients and YOU, the provider.
In today's episode you'll learn why an RD's education makes them THE authority in nutrition and how you can collaborate with and refer to dietitians. You'll gain a clear understanding of what diagnoses are covered by insurance, how to refer to a dietitian and what your patients can expect from their visit.
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Resources:
Primary Care Provider Toolkit to Refer to a Dietitian - from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Disclaimer: This podcast is a collection of ideas, strategies, and opinions of the author(s). Its goal is to provide useful information on each of the topics shared within. It is not intended to provide medical, health, or professional consultation or to diagnosis-specific weight or feeding challenges. The author(s) advises the reader to always consult with appropriate health, medical, and professional consultants for support for individual children and family situations. The author(s) do not take responsibility for the personal or other risks, loss, or liability incurred as a direct or indirect consequence of the application or use of information provided. All opinions stated in this podcast are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
