Riediger Natalie D, Waugh Anne, Parker Barbara, Russell Constance, Bombak Andrea E
Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Department of Sociology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.
Can J Diet Pract Res. 2024 Dec 1;85(4):372-378. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2024-008. Epub 2024 Aug 6.
We aimed to explore student perspectives of the dietetics profession using a professional socialization lens. We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews, virtually or by phone, with 25 dietetic undergraduate/graduate students or interns in 2020/21. Transcripts were thematically analyzed. All participants identified as female, averaged 25 years old at the time of the interviews, and were in different stages of their education. Two themes captured their perspectives of the profession: and . Technical expertise was focused on scientific understandings of how individuals consume and utilize food, and how (mostly Western) food should be prepared for safety and maximum nutrition. Participants perceived dietetics as a white, feminized profession with dietitians' role to aid in weight loss; participants actively sought to resist these stereotypes, notably through social media. While holding technical expertise continues to be embedded as a key component of dietetics identity, student professional socialization is also being shaped by social media, racial justice, and body positivity movements. This socialization process is likely to influence changes to the profession as students enter practice.
我们旨在从专业社会化的角度探讨学生对营养学专业的看法。2020年至2021年期间，我们通过线上或电话的方式，对25名营养学本科/研究生或实习生进行了定性半结构化访谈。对访谈记录进行了主题分析。所有参与者均为女性，访谈时平均年龄25岁，处于不同的教育阶段。有两个主题体现了她们对该专业的看法： 和 。专业技能集中在对个体如何摄入和利用食物，以及（主要是西方）食物应如何制备以确保安全和达到最大营养的科学理解上。参与者认为营养学是一个以白人为主、女性化的职业，营养师的角色是帮助人们减肥；参与者积极寻求抵制这些刻板印象，特别是通过社交媒体。虽然掌握专业技能仍然是营养学身份的一个关键组成部分，但学生的专业社会化也受到社交媒体、种族正义和身体积极性运动的影响。随着学生进入实践领域，这种社会化过程可能会影响该专业的变化。
