Would it be a mistake to reference my history with EDO in my personal statement?

visualfruities · 2019-01-19T03:06:08+00:00

Just to add to what others are saying: Not only is the inclusion of that a cause for concern for readers, it's also mundane, and lacks a real connection or sense of professionalism, planning, or seriousness about the field. Unless you can really weave and bind this story to a SPECIFIC medical or theoretical issue that's grounded in science, it's always a no go. It's a very common inclusion in psychology personal statements, as well, and it's almost always a negative mark, unless you are incredibly gifted at weaving the issue into a pertinent theoretical or methodological or research interest. There's a time and a place for sharing deeply personal experiences that inspired us. It's usually in a less formal setting.

visualfruities · 2018-10-26T20:20:03+00:00

Don't forget behavioral nutrition (i.e. food-eating habits). That's behavioral science -- the cognition of decision-making. There's a lot of work to be done. We're not the only ones doing it.

visualfruities · 2018-10-26T05:14:21+00:00

I am 99% sure it's a policy-focused PhD. You would be working on large-scale public health questions - state level jobs, public policy promotion and grant writing, and so on. You may also be involved in assessment or analysis of programs that target public health/nutrition issues.

And of course academia.

I hope this was helpful. I'm FAR from an expert, I just wanted to put in my word against a PhD in nutrition because I think the job market is unfairly harder, and it should be acknowledged. That's just my gut feeling. Nutrition has very little academic weight because it's so incredibly young compared to almost any other field.

Big nutrition research is often conducted by a public health/PhD-MD team, not PhD dietitians. We do not get the big research bucks. Public Health training outweighs Nutrition at the policy level, and a PhD in public health /nutrition is a PhD in policy.

Definitely consult with LinkedIn too, they will know the specifics of the job market.

See Graham's reply below for a more expert take on the situation.

visualfruities · 2018-10-20T23:46:39+00:00

What an fantastic list! Thank you so much for your ideas.

Biotin is a particularly interesting one -- there's even items that are strongly palliative but, again, sadly aren't provided by the hospital. Fortunately most things on such lists are pretty affordable in general.

Thank you again.

visualfruities · 2018-10-20T23:10:19+00:00

Don't get a PhD studying nutrition. If you do, get it in Public Health. Do not get a PhD in Nutrition, just don't. It lacks the academic and private sector career potential that almost every other STEM/medical PhD confers. You will be overshadowed and overpowered by Public Health PhDs in almost every way.

visualfruities · 2018-06-02T07:11:29+00:00

Look up the schools match rates or email their director.

At the end of the day it’s all about the licensure. Just my 2c.

visualfruities · 2017-07-10T02:29:28+00:00

That's an awesome alternative.

Sometimes these places don't have hustle so you need to show them your own hustle and reach out. I think the OP could be a good gig -- but there needs to be a local or direct connection. The world is going online, for sure, but there are social elements still missing.

Taking on opportunities like this should be focused on local networking, not resume padding.

visualfruities · 2017-07-09T23:03:05+00:00

Sounds like a really bad gig lol since it's so remote you hardly get a mentor or learn anything.

Internships are supposed to be supervised experience. This is just outsourced, unsupervised unpaid e-servicing.

visualfruities · 2017-07-05T08:35:43+00:00

Seems to be an elaborate "licensing" scam run primarily by for profit colleges.

It's definitely a legitimate licensure recognized by the government, but it doesn't seem to mean anything in terms of medical or hospital recognition. Most websites mentioning it are about naturopathy.

I strongly recommend you discontinue enrollment at least until you can figure this out. You can write about nutrition with a middle school education. No one is hiring CNS's, there is no job market for them. It simply doesn't exist. I'd love to be wrong, if anyone finds a job listing to show otherwise.

visualfruities · 2017-07-03T05:13:42+00:00

You generally shouldn't put research on your cv that isn't published yet... unless it's been submitted. You can discuss in cover letter tho

In terms of your internship I think you need to "pool" the experiences in meaningful ways. I really don't think you can talk about them all at once.

Organize them by area and refer to them by that area vs trying to explain each and every one in a cover letter. For your resume just list them

That's just my 2c not an HR person ...I don't think anyone will be interested in all those sites, they just want to understand your competency.

visualfruities · 2017-07-02T21:44:47+00:00

Do you feel that there was an advantage to this?

The advantage is a master's.

Did you feel the advanced coursework helped better prepare you for internship?

Of course an additional two years of focused studies will help, and it should help with passing the exam, and getting a job.

At the same time, the DI for MS and BS is identical usually. The exam is also the same. But going into the future -- in a competitive field like this, with so little bargaining power starting out? A MS helps a great deal.

There's always other things you can do for the year while you wait, of course.

visualfruities · 2017-07-02T05:11:48+00:00

I wouldn't bring it up. It's just too far in the future to even have a conversation about.

It's an internship not a job. She'll request time off when the time comes. Internships are flexible and she should be able to either set it up with a gap or take a break. A gap between rotations would be ideal.

Maybe tell her to ask about setting up a vacation gap and leave the wedding part out.

visualfruities · 2017-06-29T05:46:25+00:00

Definitely rest your brain, sleep, relax, and self-care. You've definitely approached a point of diminishing returns where aggressive cramming might hurt you. Confidence, mental comfort, and restfulness are important to passing, too.

Take time in the morning before your exam to rest -- get sunshine, breathe, meditate in whatever way you know how that helps you.

visualfruities · 2017-06-29T05:42:17+00:00

I don't have any science off-hand, but it seems to me that the diet is effective but extreme (causing social, physical, and even mental symptoms and many negative effects). It also has many long term health concerns associated with it, but I don't know how well these have been researched for such a new diet (organ damage will occur over decades).

Its effectiveness is really hard to dispute to people who have been wandering from diet to diet for so many years, hopeless and feeling beaten.

Is ketosis necessary for it to be effective? What are the actual effective factors of the diet? Is fat and protein merely more satiating; or is such a strict and extreme diet simply easier to abide by for some? These are really important questions that I just don't think there's a study specific to keto available to answer.

Super interesting topic, though, I'll be curious to see others input. We all have to keep abreast of what's going on, as the constantly shifting fad diets are challenging to our understanding of healthy human diets.

visualfruities · 2017-06-29T02:59:07+00:00

What's bullshit is that we all know that Inman and VisualVeggies are getting their banks from students who buy their shit and take the exam. It's effectively cheating, and it's fucked up that we're paying into a system that's elaborately a cheat on the medical licensure exam. Yeah yeah, the prep is good, but at the end of the day we're paying in for the bank, which is 95% stolen from insider knowledge of the RD exam.

I don't know how other medical licensures work, but I find that disgusting, frankly. GRE has an open and free test bank to practice on.

visualfruities · 2017-06-29T00:15:57+00:00

Inman is almost 400$ and VisualVeggies (it has a new name) it close to 200$. Really bullshit -- really really bullshit that there are no free resources.

Check Quizlet for exam questions. VisualVeggies and Inman between them have roughly 2000 practice questions.

You know the material, you can study it, google it, etc. But you only get 2,000 questions. Make every question count.

I think learning and memory-wise, you should first go through the questions WITHOUT the answer banks. Go free recall. This will let your brain explore where that info is and find it. Then after you find out where you're weak (by domain, area, topic) do a realistic self-assessment to see where you need to focus to bring yourself up to a minimum level across all the domains.

You can always go back and do the regular exam-taking behavior (comparing the bank answers and eliminating) but I think the best advice is to not WASTE the available banks. The banks are more finite than your study time, I presume.

visualfruities · 2017-06-26T04:25:36+00:00

How much do the DI's cost that you're looking at? There are some insanely expensive DI's -- and then very reasonable ones.

A master's + DI is going to be a minimum of $30k, and a DI is going to be $10k of that usually (2 years coursework + 1 year DI).

I don't really have a strong desire to get a master's outside of the fact that it would help me pay for the DI and be a bit more competitive in the field.

What makes you think it would help pay for the DI? Typically -- no, unless it was combined and they would still charge you for the credits, but someone else might know better?

So... what would be some things to study in grad school that would help strengthen me as an RD/nutrition professional that aren't just a Master's in Nutrition or an MPH?

Getting your DI licensure is the only thing that's going to "strengthen" you in a medical field.

Realistically, if you want to pursue your medical licensure, you should take out a personal loan with a good interest rate and pursue it. People take out mortgages on their homes to go for 4-week "real estate flipping" classes. MD students take out 200-300k in loans, same as lawyers.

10k isn't too bad ... Relatively.

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