elective: Eating Disorder

I did my elective back home in san diego. i got to be at an eating disorder clinic called mandometer. this was very interesting since i had never seen eating disorder patients before. I didnt really get to sit in on nutrition counseling because of condientiality issues. but i was able to observe the patients, who are at the clinic all day every day. I attended "lectures" where the rd or md talked about nutrition, eating disorders, etc. i was able to hear first hand what these patients experience. Although this is not exactly my area of interest, i got a lot out of it. This is a lot of psychology, so i think it is beneficial as an rd to understand what these patients go through. I didnt really get to sit in on nutrition counseling because of condientiality issues. but i was able to observe the patients, who are at the clinic all day every day. I attended "lectures" where the rd or md talked about nutrition, eating disorders, etc. i was able to hear first hand what these patients experience. Although this is not exactly my area of interest, i got a lot out of it. This is a lot of psychology, so i think it is beneficial as an rd to understand what these patients go through.

WIC

WIC is WOMEN, INFANTS, and CHILDREN. It's where low income mothers can get food vouchers, nutrition information, etc for themselves, and children.
I was here for 2 weeks. I sat in on "certs" meaning the rd spoke with the mothers and assessed their nutrition status and giving out checks. So i didnt actually get to DO anything. The rotation is nice to see for maybe 2 days max. 8 days is ridiculously long. It helps if you know spanish too.