Nutrition Informatics Registered Dietitian | Getting students to use technology. And eat their veggies.

OAND Annual Conference

May 18, 2017 at 4:00pmMay 18, 2017 by Prof. Rusnak

I’m honored to be presenting at the Ohio Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference today in Cleveland. See below for links to the many references and resources in my presentation:

Presentation Handout
Presentation Slides
Link to the April 4 NIC/ISC Webinar (members can earn 1 CPE for watching)
Nutrition Informatics Certificate Modules
Post – How my small business uses technology at The Feed

Nutrition Informatics Resources from The Academy

Nutrition Informatics Community of Interest, open to all Academy members
Clinical Nutrition Management DPG Informatics Resources
Food and Nutrition Magazine App reviews
Food and Nutrition Magazine Social media guides
Academy/AMIA 10×10 Informatics Education Program
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Health Informatics Infrastructure

Nutrition Informatics Publications

Ayres EJ, Greer-Carney JL, Fatzinger McShane PE, Miller A, Turner P. Nutrition informatics competencies across all levels of practice: a national Delphi study. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012;112(12):2042-2053. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2012.09.025.
Charney P. Practice Paper of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Abstract: Nutrition Informatics. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2012;112(11):1859-1859. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.09.002
Molinar LS, Childers AF, Hoggle L, Porter H, Turner P. Increase in Use and Demand for Skills Illustrated by Responses to Nutrition Informatics Survey. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016;0(0). doi:10.1016/j.jand.2016.04.016.
Molinar LS, Childers AF, Hoggle L, Kent S, Porter H, Rusnak S. Informatics Initiatives at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017;0(0).
Nutrition Informatics Articles: http://www.andjrnl.org/content/nutritionalInformatics

Essential Practice Competences from CDR

FNCE 2016

September 21, 2016 at 9:15am by Prof. Rusnak

I get to present at FNCE in Boston this year! I’ll be presenting on nutrition informatics with a representative from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

MD 1100 – Careers in Dietetics

February 23, 2016 at 9:29amFebruary 23, 2016 by Prof. Rusnak

Last year I presented to Medical Dietetics 1100, and wouldn’t you know I get to do it all again this year. Here’s my Prezi from today.

(tip- if you like Prezi, be sure to sign up for an education account. Free stuff!)

And the ever necessary link round up:

Undergraduate Research Office – www.undergraduateresearch.osu.edu
Denman Undergraduate Research Forum – http://denman.osu.edu/home.aspx
Hayes Graduate Research Forum
To volunteer for research, check out Research Match and Study Search.

HRS 4914 – Group Education Process in Healthcare

February 17, 2016 at 8:29am by Prof. Rusnak

I’m delighted to be presenting to dietetic and health science students today, and as ever, my presentation is chock full of links. Here’s all the info for anyone looking for more information from today.

When looking for images, there’s a big difference between websites like www.thinkstockphotos.com and www.morguefile.com

Best practice is to understand copyright, look for media with creative commons licenses, and always give attribution to the author/creator.

If you’re wanting to learn more tips and tricks while a student at OSU, your best bet is the Digital Union. I recommend the location in Prior Hall.

And be sure you’re getting all the software you can while a student, by checking out the Office of the Chief Information Officer IT info for students.

Photo credit: jdurham from morguefile.com

Using Media in Education

February 17, 2016 at 8:00amFebruary 17, 2016 by Prof. Rusnak

Videos can be a terrific way to convey nutrition information. I made this video a few years ago to show how we were teaching informatics to dietetics students at the time:

Here’s what I used to put it together:

iMovie 08
PowerPoint 2007
A point-and-shoot camera
A USB microphone
Images from choosemyplate.gov
Word cloud from Tagxedo.com
Images from morguefile.com
Music from Zoe Keating
Many, many hours learning video and audio editing

The only constant is change, and now I’m using this video to help teach about making videos. For example, I was careful to make sure that all elements of my video followed the rules of copyright, and that I gave credit where credit was due.