About Shannon Colquhoun:
I am a newly qualified dietitian, currently working in the UK but moving back to Ireland.
Experience
- Carried out weekly medical clinics. This included patients with IBS, coeliac disease, diverticular disease, nutrition support, CKD, heart failure, oncology.
- Carried out weekly malnutrition monitoring clinics to care homes
- Carried out weekly Paediatric diabetes MDT clinics delivering education sessions.
- Carried out ward sessions in various areas including, stroke, liver disease, NG feeding regimens, elderly care, oncology, respiratory conditions.
- Attended weekly ward huddles
- Carried out assessments on patients following ABCDEF format.
- Calculated BMI, % weight loss, patient requirements, dietary intake, nutritional deficits.
- Created interventions specific to each patient
- Prescribed supplements
- Interpreted patient biochemistry
- Gathered relevant clinic information
- Liaised with other healthcare professionals
- Triaging patient referrals
Education
MSc Dietetics Merit from Teesside University
MSc Clinical Nutrition Merit from Roehampton University
BSc Sport Science 2:1 from University of Sunderland
