1/46 weeks done! Not that anyone is counting or anything! For the first week of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship (NODIP), I travelled the 3.5 hours from Sault Ste. Marie down to Sudbury where I was able to meet the other 11 interns! Myself and two others are based out of Sault Ste. Marie, 4 are in Thunder Bay, and 5 are in Sudbury. If I were to describe week one in one word it would be - overwhelming. We all know that internship isn't a "walk in the park". We have heard that from our professors, past interns, and RDs. But I was not prepared to hear about all of the EXTRA projects and paperwork on top of the work and studying that will need to be done daily for each placement. This year will be quite the adjustment and test of my organizational skills! The majority of the week was spent going through policies and procedures, learning the topics for our research projects, seeing all of the evaluation forms, and having sessions on cultural competency and health literacy. We also managed to go for some nice lunch walks around Laurentian University, went out for some amazing group dinners and saw the Big Nickel! All in all it was a good first week of internship. Tomorrow will be the second week of orientation, but I will be completing it in my home base (The Sault) with the 2 other interns who are placed here. Here's to hoping I will feel less overwhelmed at the end of this week compared to last week...
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Sara FriedrichCanadian Registered Dietitian
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