Mara Tan

On 24/05/2018 at 12:36, Lulu Cook, RDN said:

Hi there ~ I passed! Officially an APD now! Just found out a few weeks ago about the final hoop, the oral exam. Great news! It was *really* hard, and several of the dietitians in my study group did *not* pass, either the written or oral exams. The best thing I did, really, besides pouring tons and tons of time into studying, was to be on this WhatsApp group of other people sitting the exam ~ I was put in touch via my DAA mentor. I would highly recommend finding others to walk through the journey with, as in my experience, no-one else in my life wanted to hear all the nitty gritty details of how nerve wracking it was, or how much I disagreed with certain Aussie dietary guidelines, or whatever. Good luck to you! 

Hello Ms. Lulu,
I am a Filipino Dietitian who just submitted my application for Eligibility Assessment. There's a huge difference between RDNs and Filipino Dietetic practice that's why I'm all the more nervous in this journey to APD but I'd still wanna try.

If I may ask, I would like to know how did you get to pass the MCQ exam. if you could help me with your resources for studying and you mentioned the group in WhatsApp, i'd like to know more too about the DAA mentoring. I think it will be a very big help. 

Thank you very much!

Mara 

On 15/07/2013 at 18:20, osheac said:

Hi!

there are new Australian nutrition guidelines that might be something that might come up check out: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines/publications/n29-n30-n31-n32-n33-n34

 

have a look at project planning, evaluation etc...they love that kinda stuff!, someone sent me this link

http://medicine.tcd.ie/nutrition-dietetics/jobnut/ it might look kinda confusing but just pick out a few bits.

 

Also revise food safely and what foods are linked with what bacteria e.g. Eggs at risk of salmonella.

 

I found the daa very vague too! I think if you can do some broad revision at least the questions are multiple choice so even if you don't know some things in a lot if detail u will hopefully pick out the correct answer.

 

The guidelines on the daa are important. They had a whole q on renal which was in those guidelines.

 

i used google to look up nutrition health issues linked to indigenous population. You will find info on increased risk diabetes etc.

 

if you want to pm me your email address I will send you on any other links I think of.

 

hope that helps

Hi Ms. Osheac,

I'm a Filipino Dietitian, just submitted my application for Eligibility assessment. I'm planning to sit the MCQ exam also after 6 weeks of assessment. I've read your discussions and advices regarding what to expect and this is a little old now. But if you can help me with the resources you used before it might be a big help. 

Will do message my email privately.

Thank you very much!

For dietitian immigrants who are now Permanent residents through skilled nomination visa in Melbourne,

Is there a need to contact an agency to help you in submitting your documents to DAA or you can submit it by yourself?