New resources added to my clinical nutrition practice library

 During the past couple of weeks of Googling, tweeting, & blogging, I've discovered new-to-me resources -- some through focused searching, others by stumbling upon them while looking for something else. Here are the keepers I've bookmarked to help me with reading the literature, assessing and planning care, educating interns and answering patients' and families' questions. Perhaps they will help you, too, whether you are providing, receiving or learning about health care.

• Evaluating Health Information (Medline Plus)

• Understanding Medical Research

• Evaluating Medical Research Findings and Clinical Trials

• Medical Biochemistry, particularly the Biochemistry of Vitamins

• Evaluation of Laboratory Data in Nutrition Assessment (ppt)

• Long-Term Enteral Tube Feedings: Ethical Guidelines for Health Care Professionals (MS Word) {Source}

• Patient and Family Guidelines - Making Decisions About Long-Term Tube Feeding (MS Word) {Source}

I've saved all the delicious, food-oriented finds for a separate entry -- a treat for me as much as you because those posts are so much fun to write.

Recent additions to the Nutrition Practice Resources page

You may not visit this page regularly so I thought I'd mention a few recent additions in case they're pertinent to your practice and/or interests:

• Canadian Diabetes Association 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines
  

• Healthy Eating at School
  

• Obesity & the Impact of Marketing on Children -- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC)'s position statement
  

Do you have 2020 vision?

Image credit: My Horizon by ecstaticist 

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" (Alan C. Kay) 

Dietitians of Canada recently published Vision 2020 to help dietitians create "a shared preferred future" for their profession. This document was distributed recently with the Summer 2008 issue of the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research but is not online.  I've reproduced much of the text of Vision 2020 here for your information (Word version) (PDF version).

So what do you think? Does this document reflect your hopes, dreams and ambitions for Dietetics?