I now finished with week two. On Friday we went to Good Sam for our first "Intern Friday". We heard from multiple speakers. The ODA's (Ohio Dietetic Association) president Cynthia Stegeman spoke with us about the ODA and the upcoming 91st Annual Conference, Empower U, which is actually being held in Cincinnati this year! She drew ten names to get into the conference for free and help out the ODA in setting up, giving out awards, taking pictures etc. and I was chosen! So I save money and I get some awesome networking contacts, sounds like a win win situation to me! The conference is May 17 and 18th at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Our other speaker was Thomas Imhoff a pharmacist at Good Sam. He was an excellent speaker who gave a seminar on Drug Nutrient interactions. He not only was able to tell us about drug nutrient interactions, but he also explained exactly how everything happened in the body. He should be a professor; I learned more in his 2 hour seminar than I learned in most of my classes.
I also got a lot done this week relating to my acute care rotation. I chose my subject for my lunch and learn that I will present in front of all of the dietitians at St. E's which is wound vacuum assisted closure therapy (VAC). I also chose my patient that I will use for my case study, which is a man that I saw who was only 27 and had diabetes type 1, testicular cancer, and a wound VAC. Very excited to have those two projects started.
This week I am back at St.E's Monday Wednesday, and Thursday on the wound and cardiac floors. On Tuesday I will be attending ServSafe at the Greater Cincinnati Heath Council which is a two day class that focuses on Food Safety.
Should be an eventful week! I will keep you posted!
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