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HRS 4914 – Group Education Process in Healthcare

| Sarah 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

| Sarah 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:

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.

 

Fall into nutrition informatics

| Sarah Rusnak


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Happy fall y’all!  We’re well into fall semester, and ’tis the season for guest lectures.  At least it is for me.  I’ve presented in three courses this fall, and today I’m talking with the dietetic interns in the Human Nutrition program.  Rather than post my slides, I’m posting my links.  Because if you’ve seen my slides, you know they’re chock full of links anyway.

For the #RD2Be’s out there, you’ll need to meet this competency to qualify to take the RD exam-

Upon completion of the supervised practice, graduates are able to use current informatics technology to develop, store, retrieve and disseminate information and data.

For more information about developing nutrition information and data:

For more information about coding and storing data using standards and terminologies:

And for storing data safely:

Great places to retrieve health and nutrition data:

Looking to disseminate health and nutrition data? Follow these pros:

I couldn’t decide which autumn themed picture to use. So here’s another one!

Photo credit: davidpwhelan from morguefile.com

Back to school

| Sarah Rusnak


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Students have returned! The calendar (and our very full parking lots) say so.  Welcome back to all, and best of luck for the semester.  Or better yet, here’s Lifehacker’s best of apps for students. They’ve got great lists for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.  My favorite from the lists is f.lux – it dims your screen automatically as the sun sets.  It’s a minor tweak to your display with a big impact.

Another big hit on their list is Dropbox, though if you’re at Ohio State definitely head over to box.osu.edu  for your free 50GB of cloud storage.  Update! Storage in BuckeyeBox is now unlimited.  It’s a great place to save everything you need for class, and more.  Go nuts. 

 

Debunking Nutrition Myths

| Sarah Rusnak

Today I have the pleasure of presenting to Central College Presbyterian Church members on the topic of nutrition myths.  My presentation is loaded with links to more information, so what better place to put those links than on the internet.  Here are the links that I used in creating my presentation, as well as my recommendations for reliable resources.

 

Links:

 

Apps:

 

Blogs written by dietitians:


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