Wan Theng Low

First and foremost, I have completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics with Nutrition and I have gone through the mandatory one-year practicum for clinical, foodservice, and community during my final year. I also had my working experience in retail pharmacy and fitness center for a year, from there, I learned and improved my nutrition education and counselling skills. I am extremely an organized, calm, and patient professional with excellent healthcare skills. During this time, I have been recognized as a dedicated, ambitious, and reliable person who has the ability to work without supervision. I would say I have a passion for providing quality care to patients by assessing patient’s nutritional and health needs through Medical Nutrition Therapy knowledge that I had learned during my studies.  

In addition, I believe I am a candidate with quick learning abilities which I am able to pick up and adapt the new environment quickly. This ability would help me to exhibit my organizational and problem-solving skills to document patients’ progress in time. Moreover, I am willing to learn and keep up with or contribute to the latest food and nutrition issues research for the purpose of providing evidence-based practice to counsel the patients. 

I am confident that the skills I homed during my one-year practicum and working experiences as a community dietitian have prepared me for this opportunity to serve the patients. 

(i) Work in private and government hospital during the final-year practicum to undergone specialised training in nutrition with evidence-based practice for Inpatient Department (IPD) and Outpatient Department (OPD), and food service department. From there, I learned to developed diet plans and counselling patients on special diet modifications. Besides, as a clinical dietitian, prescribing Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) to the patients who have difficulties meeting their nutritional requirements from oral diet alone is imperative. 

(ii) Work as a community dietitian in retail pharmacy to provide practical, evidence-based dietary advice to customers who perform a blood glucose/ full lipid test, and body composition assessment that specifically tailored to each individual.

(iii) Work as a fitness dietitian in fitness centre to provide nutrition counselling services to clients on referral from personal trainers. Besides, I also assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plan to develop individualised meal and implement nutrition plans. Moreover, Conducting coaching for virtual weight loss and fitness program by monitoring food intake in regular basis, creating nutrition-related articles, and contents for social media posts, and delivering nutrition and health-related presentations to the clients on Zoom are my job responsibilities. 

- Graduated from International Medical University (IMU) and possess a Bachelor Degree in Dietetics with Nutrition.