What can I say? I'm (very, very) late to the party, again! However, tonight as I was searching for one file on my computer, I found another file, which is called "serendipity".Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory I took that as a nudge from the universe that I finally needed to put other things aside and dedicate the time to do my annual dietitian day post, which officially was march 9th. :)

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Back in 2012, I was interviewed for a very nice article in today's dietitian called "get to know diana dyer, MS, RD". Many articles published in today's dietitian magazine have links so that they can be read on-line, but not this one.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory I have a copy, but I was not able to easily share the article with my on-line readers or my students. However, bingo! I actually found a copy of the article in a computer file, so in honor of a late post for national dietitian day 2016, I thought I would share the article on my blog.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory as I read through the questions and my answers, it actually covered a lot of ground, the many ways I have worked as a registered dietitian.

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I hope you enjoy reading it, and I hope that dietetic students and new rds find some words of wisdom as they embark on an interesting, fulfilling, and hopefully, fun career!Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory the world urgently needs your knowledge, your skills, and your passion as you share your love of food and its impact on health in the widest sense possible with the widest audience possible, from the soil to the planet and everything and everyone in between.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory

I know this post is another long one, so I will not continue except to say that as an RD, I have clearly attached our collective future to developing healthy, sustainable regional food systems (with the occasional luxury of buying food not grown in the upper midwest like orange juice, avocados, olive oil, salt, black pepper, turmeric, etc etc etc - you get the idea).Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory in fact, the visions statement for our farm is "shaping our future from the ground up" where the word "our" is intentionally very wide and inclusive starting with building a healthy soil-food web for optimal nutrient content of the food we grow all the way to a healthy planet, and everyone and everything in-between.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory

Lastly, I will also just add that our organic certification is our public promise and gift to our local community demonstrating our farm's commitment to both nourishing and nurturing our community's health.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory as I mentioned above, "good food and good health for all" is my email sign-off. Working for and advocating for anything less is a compromise I am not willing to make as a true front-line health care provider proudly practicing both as a registered dietitian and an organic farmer feeding my own community. :)

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Blogging "rules" tell you to limit blog postings to 300 words or your readers won't get the message. Sorry. I don't subscribe to the "fast food", "grab-n-go" mentality of our society that is constantly pushed on us.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory so, I am just giving my readers a heads-up. This blog posting will be much longer than 300 words, so if you are still interested in reading what I have to say, I suggest you wait until you have time to read my full posting, that you have the time and mental space to think, and perhaps even savor what I have written.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory I would like to envision you having made a pot of organic, fair trade tea before reading this. :)

Forty years ago at this time in 1975, I was finally applying for a coveted spot (even then) in a dietetic internship.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory once I had finally made the decision to become a registered dietitian (RD), I then worked so hard to fulfill the prerequisites and had been so focused on this path during the previous two years that I honestly never thought about what I would do if not accepted.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory so surprise! Shock! When I learned I had been rejected. I was able to learn that I was rejected not because I didn't meet the rigorous academic requirements, but because I was a childhood cancer survivor.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory pause ……. Yes, you read that right.

Should "radical" in that sense be the new normal? Should all rds be "radical" dietitians, no matter what area of practice they choose?Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory in my opinion, yes, if "radical" means that everywhere possible rds are making food and nutrition recommendations and/or even direct purchases that lead forward to the development of healthy communities and a healthy planet and also go backward to start a healthy food system with healthy soil.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory

I often tell my dietetic students that the basis, the starting point, for health is not "we are what we eat" but is instead "we are what we grow", because striving toward health should be larger than just personal health.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory no matter what narrow focus each of us may choose within the many opportunities our profession offers to apply the appropriate medical nutrition therapy (MNT) learned to become an RD (i.E., diabetes, cancer, sports, eating disorders, GI, intensive care, long-term care, wound care, food services, managing, consulting, research, policy, business ownership, education, and on and on and on and on!!), also using our expertise to work toward the larger picture of healthy environments and healthy communities should be the fundamental, underlying, root reason for choosing to become an RD.Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory

In my view of our professional expertise and responsibility (and yes, it took me a while to see and appreciate this wider and deeper view), this larger picture of healthy environments and healthy communities is a goal that all rds should support and pursue (where possible) by advocating for healthy food, healthy soils, water, and air as the starting point for health, i.E., back to the starting point "we are what we grow".Disadvantages of cognitive learning theory