Build Up Book Mark - 2/6/24

RD Exam Prep and a RD Spotlight, Huberman's Fall, New Red Pen Reviews, A Quiz (Cross Contact or Cross Contamination?)

💡Spotlight: Sage Nutrition - RD Exam Prep

(l) - Lauren Brady, MA, RD, LDN & (r) Laura Sexton, MPH, RDN, LDN

Q: Why did you want to start an exam prep business? 

Lauren Brady - “While I was working as a dietetic internship coordinator…I noticed that RD exam prep had been taught the same way for the last 20 years. There was a need for some innovation and updating…I was also trying to figure out how to work online. So, I said to myself, "Why not teach RD exam prep online?” I brought the idea to Laura, and Sage Nutrition was born.”

Laura Sexton- “…I was an undergrad teaching assistant for my chemistry and nutrition professors and…. led study groups and tutored others. I had the wonderful opportunity to work on a college campus as an RDN and teach adjunct nutrition classes, so it was a natural progression to move into the RD Exam prep business…”

Q: What exam topic areas are the most challenging for nutrition students or would you suggest they spend extra time preparing for?

Overwhelmingly is between clinical and food service administration. Some specific areas that students should make sure they study:

-Clinical situational questions

-Medication related questions

-Diabetes medications, insulins 

-Potential long-term effects of interventions

-Lab value interpretation

-Triage - what do you choose first between two different issues?

-Food service math.

-Financial management = budgets

-Portion control - as portioned, edible portion

-Ratio analysis (meals per labor hour when layered with other variables)

Learn more about Sage Nutrition see their website: RD Exam Prep | Registered Dietitian Exam Prep Asheville, NC | Sage Nutrition (sagerdn.com) - get a $15 discount on your Exam Prep when you sign up and use sagefifteen at checkout.

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