Australian dietetics workforce in focus
Health Workforce Australia recently released Dietitians in Focus as part of its Australia’s Health Workforce Series. Here we have a summary of the key findings………
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Want to fly to the Northern Territory to inspire the next generation of health practitioners?
The Northern Territory Medicare Local is now taking applications for university health students to fly to the Northern Territory to connect with high school students…
My career as an oncology specialist dietitian – by Merran Findlay AdvAPD
Merran Findlay is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian who is the Senior Oncology Dietitian at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She specialises in the nutritional…
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The current and changing world of a cystic fibrosis dietitian
My Health Career is pleased to present a guest blog post from Accredited Practicing Dietitian Nicole Micallef. Nicole coordinates a state-wide cystic fibrosis service (Tasmania). …
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What’s the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist? Choosing the right course for you!
There is SO MUCH confusion out there about the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist. Luckily, we have a great video from Prof Sandra…
From fast food to future dietitian
My Health Career is pleased to publish the career story of Brett Parker, who is a second year dietetics student at Griffith University on the…
The career progression of superstar dietitian Maree Ferguson!!
It is a privilege to have a guest blog post from Maree Ferguson, the Director of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in…
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Registered Dietitians Call For Integrity
While My Health Career usually focuses on stories about health professions in Australia, we couldn’t help but raise awareness about a controversial issue that is…
From patient to dietitian
A blog post with a twist!! Sally Marchini has lived with both type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease for many years. She was inspired to…
Dietitian salary survey
Dietitian Connection, a leading website for dietitians, completed a dietitian salary survey in late 2012, and acquired results from 117 dietitians around Australia. Results of…
A student’s journey through her dietetics degree
Here we have a guest post by Bonnie Lau, who became qualified as an Accredited Practising Dietitian in 2012. She graduated from Queensland with a…
International Congress of Dietetics – A Student’s Perspective
Hey cool – our first dietetics guest blog post!!! The honour has gone to Queensland University of Technology’s dietetics student Holly Harris because she was…
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London Olympics 2012 – A Great Time To Talk Sports Dietetics!!
With the Olympics being on lately, we’ve seen that Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) have been putting it out there on Twitter!! And we’ve loved it!!!…
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