BA, Biology and Spanish (College of St. Benedict鈥檚, USA)
BSc, Nutrition and Dietetics (U of MN, USA)
MSc (Applied) Human Nutrition (Colorado State U, USA).
Short Bio
Mary Hendrickson is a faculty lecturer and Dietetics Stage Clinical Coordinator at 海外直播b站, where she provides dietetic stagiaires听 with听 classroom, medical simulation and professional听 stage learning environments to听 enhance the acquisition听 of听 skills听 and听 knowledge听 that听 meet core听听听 competencies听听听 established by Dietitians of Canada and L鈥橭rdre Professionnel听 de听 Di茅t茅tistes听 du听 Quebec. She is the clinical coordinator at the MUHC鈥檚 Montreal General Hospital and multiple other acute care, community and food service sites around Montreal and the south shore. She has been a practicing dietitian for over 25 years in the US and Canada. Her other research interests include sustainability, dietetic intern learning, medical simulation and hospital based master鈥檚 applied projects.
Awards and Recognitions
海外直播b站 Sustainable Project Fund (2011-2013) and Mary H Brown (2012-2014) grants to promote sustainable eating to 海外直播b站 students
Active Affiliations
Dietitians of Canada
Ordre des di茅t茅tistes nutritionnistes du Qu茅bec (ODNQ)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
New York Dietetic Association
AND Practice groups: Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists Practice Group; Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Practice Group
Committees
MUHC Clinical Nutrition Practice Committees- Nephrology Committee; Internal Medicine Care Committee, and Outpatient Programs Committee; 海外直播b站听 Farmers鈥� Market Stakeholder Group (May 2012- present) to help coordinate student education and research opportunities at the 海外直播b站 Farmers鈥� Market; FAES Sustainable Education Project Group 2015-2016; 海外直播b站 Food Messaging Committee 2014-2016
Research Interests
Evaluation of the impact of interactive learning for dietetic students
Current Research/Key Role
Partner with 海外直播b站 organizations including Macdonald Run Student Ecological Gardens, Out of the Garden Project, Yellow Door and 海外直播b站 Farmers鈥� Market to create opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to provide education on food preparation and sustainable food systems to 海外直播b站 students and staff. Partner with the Depot to conduct research on evaluating nutrition education workshops.
Recent MSc project: Risk of dehydration in TBI patients with dysphagia; Predictors of success in Bariatric surgery patients.
Current Master's Applied project: Evaluating Nutrition and Culinary Education After-school Programs in Five Diverse Neighborhoods and implementation of virtual cooking workshops for children during COVID.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
Fall
3 lectures
Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
Nutrition and Dietetics: The nutrition care process, clinical reasoning and documentation for the medical record. Preparation for the application of knowledge in practice, for clinical nutrition and food service administration rotations, will be addressed.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Two interrelated modules of directed experience in normal and clinical nutrition and food service management, in health care settings and the private sector.
This course requires the ability to read in French, to understand spoken French and to speak French at a basic functional level for fieldwork experience.
The course NUTR 311 includes a $125 fee for the Level II manual. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Theoretical and practical integration of knowledge and skills required during graduate professional practice. Includes clinical assessment and nutritional monitoring techniques, analysis of interviewing and counseling situations, and application of
management information systems and quality assurance procedures.
Open to students in the Master of Science(Applied) [M.Sc.(A.)] Human Nutrition (Non-Thesis): Dietetics Credentialing and the Graduate Diploma (Gr. Dip.) Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
Farm Management Technology: This complimentary course will follow the requirements of the Ministry of Education of Quebec. The subject matter will be determined on a yearly basis.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Directed professional practice experience in domains of clinical nutrition, management, nutrition education and/or community nutrition. This course includes at least one main clinical nutrition rotation, and may include additional weeks in other domains of practice.
This course requires the ability to read in French, to understand spoken French and to speak French at a basic functional level for fieldwork experience.
This course includes a $125 fee for the Level IV stage manual. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Directed professional practice experience in domains of clinical nutrition, management, nutrition education and/or community nutrition. This course includes management and community rotations.
1. This course requires the ability to read in French, to understand spoken French and to speak French at a basic functional level for fieldwork experience.
Nutrition and Dietetics: A case-based Stage preparation course, including activities at the 海外直播b站 Simulation Centre to assess basic proficiency in nutritional assessment; nutrition care
planning, implementation, and evaluation; professional practice skills; and medical records management. Students will complete nutrition care in simulated
situations for specific nutrition-related conditions, along with completing a comprehensive written evaluation.
Nutrition and Dietetics: Final rotation(s) in clinical nutrition. Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation of clinical nutrition care. Focus is on application of medical nutritional therapy for individuals and groups with a variety of disease states.
Restriction: Only open to students in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing or the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
