New Year, New Opportunities, New Food Pyramid

With a new year everyone gets to have a new beginning. It is a great time for evaluation as people make resolutions.

Within clinical practice we have to fill out a Clinical Performance Instrument. This is a blue book that has 24 performance criteria that you have to judge yourself on and the clinical instructor (the professional working with you) also ranks you on each criteria. There are options if there are significant concerns and a ranking between novice clinical performance and entry-level performance, possibly with distinction. The evaluations are performed at the midterm and also at the conclusion of the affiliation.

Also wanted to share that there is a new food pyramid for older adults (in order to access the article you likely need to join Medscape which is free and a great way to keep up to date on a lot of the developments going on in the medical field).

"In the Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults, nutrient- and fiber-rich foods are emphasized, as well as food sources of nutrients rather than supplements and the use of fluid and physical activity icons."