UNM Employee Wellness
My 6-week (184 hours) Community Rotation was with The University of New Mexico Employee Wellness program where I provided clients with weight loss counseling, wrote articles for newsletters, created marketing materials and a presentation for a corporate Wellness Expo.
This rotation was such a positive experience and a wonderful start to my internship. I learned so much about motivational interviewing, promoting change talk in clients, writing ADIME notes, counseling for several diseases, and presenting in front of large audiences.
During my time counseling clients, I practiced using motivational interviewing (MI) and meeting them where they are. I tried new MI techniques such as reflective listening, making affirmations, rhetorical questioning, confidence scales, eliciting change talk, and many more. I now feel confident I can motivate and empower a patient or client if they are ambivalent towards change.
Community Rotation Highlights
I participated in the UNM Well-Being Expo, a corporate Wellness Expo where I presented to faculty, staff, retirees, and students about eating healthfully on a budget.
Please see my presentation below:
I also participated in a LifeSteps class, presenting to UNM faculty and staff looking for weight-loss guidance. We discussed making healthier food choices using the MyPlate schematic and I led an activity using food models.
Please see my presentation below:
I enjoyed writing two weekly Healthy Eating Topic emails for the University’s Listserve, one on Intermittent Fasting and the other on Healthy Eating at the Fair.
Please see the CRDN 2.1, 3.5 emails below:
Hannah Contrucci, MS, RDN, LD 