Today Francie came to speak to the class. She is currently the RD that is employed through WellWorks, which is a facility that emphasizes overall wellness. Optimal health is key, which means they strive to help an individual be in the best health they can be for who they are. They strive to provide the best wellness program for their customers. WellWorks is open to faculty/staff and their dependents, as well as community members, graduate students, corporate members and retired staff. Those that are members have a wide variety of services they can take advantage of, which include wellness coaching, cholesterol screenings, BP screenings, messages, body composition testing, nutrition counseling, and workouts with a personal training, just to name a few.
WellWorks is funded by membership fees and from the OU wellness funds (Francie's salary comes from both as well). Francie is an integral factor of success of the wellness program. As a RD, she provides to date nutrition information, acts as a resource to staff, facilitates nutrition education and counseling, analyzes diets, and counsels disordered eating patients.
Thursday, April 26th:
Today in class, Dr. Holben talked about the Ohio Board of
Dietetics (the scheduled speaker was not present). The board oversees all
things related to the dietetics licenses that a RD must have in order to
practice. It is the mission of the board “to protect the public by regulating
the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently
enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices.” In order to
receive the license, an individual has to first pass the RD exam. In addition,
dietitians are required to do continuing education to ensure that they are
keeping up with the to date health care practices.
Ohio Board of Dietetics fun fact: Francie is currently on the board.
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