Meet the Dietitian: Community service edition (11/11/2019) - By Marlize Erasmus Every 4th-year Dietetics student experience feelings of stress, anxiety and excitement when making the decision of where to do their community service year. I googled every hospital on the list, trying to figure out where to go. I got my first choice (believe it or not) – a rural hospital (Connie Vorster … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (4/17/2019) - Challenge… Accepted! By Liezel Engelbrecht I am probably not your typical community service dietitian: I am 37 years old. At 32, after nearly a decade in the media industry, I gave up my career as a content editor in order to pursue a new goal: to make a contribution in the field of preventative healthcare. … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (5/13/2019) - “The best decision I’ve made in my life…” By Bonnie Evert “TPN? Food in arteries?” These were my thoughts, as a very inexperienced 17- year- old girl, when the Registered Dietitian (RD), who was assisting a very close family member of mine in the ICU, explained what all the little bags hanging above the bed … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (5/30/2019) - An unforgettable community service experience in the ‘forgotten province’… By Inarie Jacobs Health should not be taken for granted – a lesson I learned as a child whilst being very ill due to my poor lifestyle and dietary habits. After this experience, I decided to study dietetics at the North-West University of Potchefstroom to share … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service series (7/22/2019) - Meet Community Service Dietitian, Iman Gierdien! She is passionate about forming relationships with patients, remembering faces and seeing the impact she is making on, not only the patients, but on their families too.
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (8/19/2019) - “DIETITIANS ARE ADAPTABLE!” By Yuri Bhaga I am a community service dietitian currently working at a hospital in Witbank, which places me very far from where I got my dietetics training at UCT . But a lot closer to home in Pretoria where I completed my BSc degree 3 years ago. When I … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (8/19/2019) - Read more about her love-at-first-sight story with Dietetics. By Rhodene Oberholzer A little over seven months ago I moved into a tiny apartment in Johannesburg, nervous about starting my community service year at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Suddenly, I felt as if I forgot everything I learned in my four years studying at the … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (9/16/2019) - Take the journey! By Colette Dreyer Are you ready for your journey in Dietetics? My journey started from a young age having a passion for delicious food and a healthy, active lifestyle. Cycling competitively made me realise that proper nutrition was essential to sustain performance. I realised how big the impact of food is … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (10/14/2019) - Dietetics might have been my plan B, but it turned out to be the (B)est plan yet! By Carmyn Gast Nutrition has been known to play a key part in good health since the time of ancient Greeks, with Hippocrates famously writing “Let thy food be thy medicine, thy medicine be thy food” … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (12/2/2019) - By Kinza Hussain I always say the profession of dietetics chose me. After completing a 3-year B.Sc degree in Biochemistry, I attended the Honors evening at the University of Cape Town to figure out what my next step would be. I was always intrigued by the medical field but when I heard what an … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (1/20/2020) - If you have accomplished everything you have ever dreamed about… What is the next step? By Rian Coutts Story behind why I became a Dietitian. Life is always full of twists and turns, full of unexpected journeys and becoming a dietitian was probably the most unexpected one for me. The real feeling of why, … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service series (2/10/2020) - By: Emma Slabbert A year like none other! A few of the highlights (and low-lights) of my year as a community service dietitian And just like that – Community service 2019 is drawing to an end. It’s unbelievable really. I don’t know where the time has gone! It has been the most wonderful year … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (2/24/2020) - By Danielle Smith I studied dietetics at Stellenbosch University and Mia was at University of Cape Town, after her undergrad and an honours degree at SU. Both of us ended up graduating as dietitians at the same time last year. To our surprise, we both ended up being placed together at Themba Hospital for … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (9/14/2020) - ONCE A FUSSY EATER, NOW A REGISTERED DIETITIAN By Jessica Botes I was unsure of what I wanted to study but one thing I did know was that I wanted to help people on a daily basis – yes, I know its cliché. So when the time came to apply for university I chose … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (10/19/2021) - By Marcelle Zahn Kruger Hi, I’m Marcelle. I will try to keep this as short as possible. A few facts about me; I grew up in Centurion where I matriculated from Hoërskool Zwartkop. Thereafter I moved to Potchefstroom to study at North West University and graduated in 2019. I am currently serving my community service … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (10/26/2020) - By Jemima Meyer As a dietitian especially enthusiastic about community health development and digitalising healthcare, I can’t wait to harness the potential of digital technologies to improve our food and nutrition systems. But first I’ll have to complete my community service year. After graduating from the University of the Free State, I was placed at … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (12/7/2020) - By Mariska Barnard I started my studies enrolled in the BPharm course, but realised it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I wanted to journey with my patients and help them achieve health through nutrition. I have a passion for prevention of disease as I don’t want anyone to go through long, tiresome treatments for … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (1/4/2021) - By Dur-e-nayab Burki As the name Solanum Lycopersicum is not commonly said, neither is mine. Hello everyone, my name is Dur-e-nayab Burki and like the word mentioned before, not everyone calls me by it, instead, they call me Nayab or Nabi for short as it is easy, the same way we call Solanum Lycopersicum a … Read More
MEET THE DIETITIAN: COMMUNITY SERVICE SERIES (1/18/2021) - By Nicoli Haasbroek “Trust the process!” No one would ever really know what a dietitian does until they are on the receiving end of our services. I remember another health professional saying to me that she never really knew what a dietitian does until her mother was hospitalised and treated by a. That is when … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (3/23/2021) - By Ilse Gravett At the end of every stage in our lives, we find ourselves in a tricky position where we need to decide what our next step is. For a 17/18-year-old, it is quite daunting, well it was for me. I had so many different ideas of where I wanted to be and what … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (5/17/2021) - My Unexpected Journey Written by JéJéan du Plessis As a little girl walking around the grocery store, it was the norm for me to turn around the pretty pictures of products and focus on the more ‘boring’ nutritional information. This was to ensure that I stay clear from any allergens that could lead to … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (6/29/2021) - By Santi Turner Hello, my name is Santi Turner and I’m currently 1 year post-comserve I’ve always had a big passion and interest in health, food and people. Dietetics is a combination of all 3 of these elements and that’s why I chose it! My aunt is a dietitian in Namibia and she definitely sparked … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (7/13/2021) - By Chené Vorster “Stay positive by staying negative.” – The main joke of 2020 I stumbled upon dietetics by accident and I have never looked back. A friend of mine stated that she wanted to become a dietitian and she was going to shadow them in the upcoming holidays. Curious about this unknown career and … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community service series (7/27/2021) - By Leandré Piek “Flexibility is key” I remember doing a “personality test” during my dietetics studies that pointed out that I’m as flexible as a rock, not having the ability to eagerly adapt to new and unexpected environments and changes. This was true of me since I absolutely love structure, or so I thought. As … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (8/23/2021) - By Elske Rich When it came to choosing a career path I knew one thing: I want to help people. This combined with my passion for Biology at school led me to find dietetics. At the University of the Free State, I met the most amazing group of ladies and lecturers who made me fall … Read More
Meet the Dietitian: Community Service Series (9/6/2021) - By Danisa le Roux My community service story looks a little different to most newly graduated community service dietitians. As my graduation drew near, the fear around the reality of my future started to become overwhelming. I started to have countless doubts about the path that I decided to take. Not because I didn’t love … Read More
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